James R. Martel is Professor of Political Science at San Francisco State University and the author of The Misinterpellated Subject, also published by Duke University Press, and most recently, Unburied Bodies: Subversive Corpses and the Authority of the Dead.

"Anarchist Prophets [is] a work that deserves a place in the pantheon of anarchist writings, for it incisively and inventively expresses the central critique of the domineering, dominant, and often self-obscure sovereign aspiration at the heart of the vast majority of Western political thought." - Loren Goldman (Perspectives on Politics)

• Acknowledgments  viiIntroduction: Disappointing Vision  1Part I1. Appointing Prophets  292. Hobbes and the Holy Spirit  583. A Most Disappointing Prophet: Nietzsche's Zarathustra  954. A Prophet Who Can't See the Future: Benjamin's Angel of History  125Part II5. Navigating (and Fighting) Archism  1676. Can Archism Ever Die?  212Conclusion: Beyond Anarchist Prophets  257Notes  299Bibliography  329Index  339

James R. Martel is Professor of Political Science at San Francisco State University and the author of The Misinterpellated Subject, also published by Duke University Press, and most recently, Unburied Bodies: Subversive Corpses and the Authority of the Dead.

"Anarchist Prophets [is] a work that deserves a place in the pantheon of anarchist writings, for it incisively and inventively expresses the central critique of the domineering, dominant, and often self-obscure sovereign aspiration at the heart of the vast majority of Western political thought." - Loren Goldman (Perspectives on Politics)

• Acknowledgments  viiIntroduction: Disappointing Vision  1Part I1. Appointing Prophets  292. Hobbes and the Holy Spirit  583. A Most Disappointing Prophet: Nietzsche's Zarathustra  954. A Prophet Who Can't See the Future: Benjamin's Angel of History  125Part II5. Navigating (and Fighting) Archism  1676. Can Archism Ever Die?  212Conclusion: Beyond Anarchist Prophets  257Notes  299Bibliography  329Index  339

James R. Martel is Professor of Political Science at San Francisco State University and the author of The Misinterpellated Subject, also published by Duke University Press, and most recently, Unburied Bodies: Subversive Corpses and the Authority of the Dead.

"Anarchist Prophets [is] a work that deserves a place in the pantheon of anarchist writings, for it incisively and inventively expresses the central critique of the domineering, dominant, and often self-obscure sovereign aspiration at the heart of the vast majority of Western political thought." - Loren Goldman (Perspectives on Politics)

• Acknowledgments  viiIntroduction: Disappointing Vision  1Part I1. Appointing Prophets  292. Hobbes and the Holy Spirit  583. A Most Disappointing Prophet: Nietzsche's Zarathustra  954. A Prophet Who Can't See the Future: Benjamin's Angel of History  125Part II5. Navigating (and Fighting) Archism  1676. Can Archism Ever Die?  212Conclusion: Beyond Anarchist Prophets  257Notes  299Bibliography  329Index  339