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<p>Malcolm Harris <a href="http://lareviewofbooks.org/article.php?type=&amp;id=1154&amp;fulltext=1&amp;media=" target="_self">reviews</a> James C. Scott&#39;s <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Two-Cheers-Anarchism-Autonomy-Meaningful/dp/0691155291/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1352834978&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=two+cheers+for+anarchism" target="_self">Two Cheers for Anarchism</a>.&#0160;</em>Harris&#0160;explains the problem with turning &quot;insurrectionary politics&quot; into &quot;a self-help strategy, a  personal faith that promises a freer and more productive life&quot;: </p>
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<p>It’s a long-standing premise of American  politics that the only thing worse than having a government is not  having a government. But if the abolition of the state isn&#39;t even  theoretically an option for Scott, then <em>Two Cheers </em>isn&#39;t about anarchy or even anarchism so much as an anarchist-type attitude: it&#39;s not anarchist but <em>anarchish</em>.  This is anarchism, in other words, in the mold of reform Judaism: show  up for some holidays (marches) and try to live a good anarchist life,  and you can feel comfortable with the expectation that if the messiah  does ever happen to arrive, you&#39;d find yourself on the right side of  divine judgment. If you&#39;re unable to tell the difference between your  behavior and that of your more genteel gentile neighbors, name them  honorary anarchists. But don&#39;t hold your breath, or rearrange your life,  waiting for a prophet you don&#39;t really expect to show.</p>
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