Anarchist Cybernetics

From Occupy to the Indignados and the Arab Spring the uprisings that marked the last decade ignited a re-emergence of participatory democracy as a political ideal within organizations.This pioneering book introduces cybernetic thinking to politics and organizational studies to explore the continuing development of this radical idea. With a focus on communication and how alternative social media platforms present new challenges and opportunities for radical organising it sheds new light on the concepts of self-organization consensus decision making individual autonomy and collective identity.Revolutionising the way in which anarchist activists and theorists think about organizations this unprecedented investigation makes a major contribution to the larger discussion of direct democracy.