‘I don’t want your progress! It tries to kill … me!’ Decolonial encounters and the anarchist critique of civilization

Where are green anarchist and anti-civilization thoughts in academia? This article offers an encounter between anarchism decolonial theory to demonstrate its relevance as action-oriented practice carried out across the world by groups or individuals rejecting domination subjugation state, capital, other forms of power. begins with anecdote reveal weak points within academic theory, specifically readings non-Western civilizations, political ambiguities, corresponding engagements state–corporate nexus. Next, it revisits anti-civilizational anarchism, highlighting theoretical development, conflictive debates, insights. The concludes encouraging perspectives that articulate permanent tensions against divisions labour, hierarchies, statist-colonial organizational forms, industrial/digital technologies. These mechanisms necessitate careful attention avoid reproducing coloniality extractivism under different names.