Relationship anarchy
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Relationship anarchy (sometimes abbreviated RA) is the application of anarchist principles to intimate relationships. Its values include autonomy, anti-hierarchical practices, lack of state control, anti-normativity, and community interdependence.[1] RA can be considered a type of non-monogamy, but moreso is explicitly anti-mononormativity. This is distinct from polyamory, solo poly, swinging, and other forms of “dating”, which may include structures such as amatonormativity, de facto hierarchy of intimate relationships, and autonomy-limiting rules.[2] It has also been interpreted as a new paradigm in which closeness and autonomy are no longer considered dilemmas within a relationship. [3]
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History[edit]
Andie Nordgren popularized the term "relationship anarchy"[4] in her 2012 Tumblr essay "The short instructional manifesto for relationship anarchy" that she translated from her own Swedish-language "Relationsanarki i 8 punkter". Other relevant writings exploring this topic within a similar time frame include "A Green Anarchist Project on Freedom" and "Love and Against the Couple Form".[5]
Workshops at OpenCon 2010 discussed relationship anarchy,[6] and the Open University professor Dr. Meg Barker discussed it in a 2013 presentation.[7] In the International Non-Monogamies and Contemporary Intimacies Conferences, since 2016, different aspects of relationship anarchy have been studied.[8][9] In March 2020, the first book dedicated monographically to RA was published, so far only in Spanish: "Anarquía Relacional. La revolución desde los vínculos".[10]
See also[edit]
- Anarcha-feminism
- Anarchism and issues related to love and sex
- Free love within Anarchism
- Queer anarchism
References[edit]
- ^ "The Difference Between Relationship Anarchy and Non-Hierarchical Polyamory". Relationship Anarchy. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
- ^ De las Heras Gómez, Roma (2018-12-20). "Thinking Relationship Anarchy from a Queer Feminist Approach". Sociological Research Online. SAGE Publications. 24 (4): 644–660. doi:10.1177/1360780418811965. ISSN 1360-7804. S2CID 220124663.
- ^ Guillén, Ricardo. "Beyond romantic love – an analysis of how the dilemma of closeness vs. autonomy is handled in relationship anarchy discourse". LUP Student Papers. Lund University Libraries. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ Nordgren, Andie. "The short instructional manifesto for relationship anarchy", Andie's Log, July 6, 2012.
- ^ "love relationship - His Secret Obsession Review". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
- ^ "So what's OpenCon all about, then? | Polytical". 2013-12-03. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
- ^ "Rewriting the Rules of Relationships". prezi.com. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
- ^ Meyer, Gesa (2017). Polynormativity!? – Revisiting the relationship anarchist critique of polyamory (PDF). 2nd Non Monogamies and Contemporary Intimacies Conference. Sigmund Freud University, Vienna.
- ^ Rose, Amanda (2017). Relationship Anarchy: Breaking the paradigm (PDF). 2nd Non Monogamies and Contemporary Intimacies Conference. Sigmund Freud University, Vienna.
- ^ Pérez Cortés, Juan Carlos. (2020). Anarquía relacional : la revolución desde los vínculos. Madrid: La Oveja Roja. ISBN 978-84-16227-33-4. OCLC 1176250441.
Further reading[edit]
- Heaney, Katie (23 October 2018). "What It's Like Being a Relationship Anarchist". The Cut. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- "Are You Radical Enough to Be a Relationship Anarchist?". GQ. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- "Can relationship anarchy create a world without heartbreak?". Aeon (digital magazine). Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- "The Great Showdown of Hierarchical Polyamory vs. Relationship Anarchy". The New Modality. 5 September 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- Lopez, Veronica (15 October 2021). "Here's What to Know About Relationship Anarchy". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 11 November 2021.