Ruth Ellen Kinna (born March 1961) is a historian and theorist of

anarchism Anarchism is a political philosophy and Political movement, movement that seeks to abolish all institutions that perpetuate authority, coercion, or Social hierarchy, hierarchy, primarily targeting the state (polity), state and capitalism. A ...

. She is Professor of

Political Philosophy Political philosophy studies the theoretical and conceptual foundations of politics. It examines the nature, scope, and Political legitimacy, legitimacy of political institutions, such as State (polity), states. This field investigates different ...

in the Department of Politics, History and International Relations of

Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a public university, public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university sinc ...

. She is also one of the two co-editors of the journal Anarchist Studies. Kinna holds a BA in history and politics from

Queen Mary University of London Queen Mary University of London (QMUL, or informally QM, and formerly Queen Mary and Westfield College) is a public university, public research university in Mile End, East London, England. It is a member institution of the federal University ...

and a D.Phil in politics from the

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on Kropotkin's theory of mutual aid. She joined

in 1992, where she initially focused on the

socialist Socialism is an economic ideology, economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse Economic system, economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownership. It describes ...

thought of

William Morris William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896) was an English textile designer, poet, artist, writer, and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts movement. He was a major contributor to the revival of traditiona ...

(1834–1896).Kinna, 2000. She has written and co-written many articles, books and contributions to books; also she has edited and co-edited several books on the history and theory of anarchism.

Publications

Articles

* * * * *(With Alex Prichard) *(With Alex Pritchard and Thomas Swann) * *(With José A. Gutiérrez)

Chapters

*(With Alex Pritchard) * *

Books

* * * * *(With Alex Pritchard, Thomas Swann and Seeds for Change) *(With Colin Ward) *(With Peter Kropotkin)

Editorships

* *(With Alex Pritchard, Saku Pinta and David Berry) *(With Uri Gordon) *(With Laurence Davis)

References

1961 births Living people 20th-century anarchists 21st-century anarchists Academics of Loughborough University Alumni of Queen Mary University of London Alumni of the University of Oxford British anarchists British political philosophers {{Anarchist-stub