Bakunin: Statism and Anarchy by Michael Bakunin

Bakunin: Statism and Anarchy by Michael Bakunin

Statism and Anarchy is a complete English translation of the last work by the great Russian anarchist Michael Bakunin, written in 1873. Then he assails the Marxist alternative, predicting that a 'dictatorship of the proletariat' will in fact be a dictatorship over the proletariat, and will produce a new class of socialist rulers. Instead, he outlines his vision of an anarchist society and identifies the social forces he believes will achieve an anarchist revolution. Statism and Anarchy had an immediate influence on the 'to the people' movement of Russian populism, and Bakunin's ideas inspired significant anarchist movements in Spain, Italy, Russia and elsewhere. In a lucid introduction Marshall Shatz locates Bakunin in his immediate historical and intellectual context, and assesses the impact of his ideas on the wider development of European radical thought. A guide to further reading and chronology of events are also appended as aids to students encountering Bakunin's thought for the first time.

(Mijal Alexandrovich Bakunin; Priamujino, Russia, 1814-Berna, 1876) Anarquista ruso teórico poltico y agitador. Son of a liberal terratenant, he studied artillery at the San Petersburg Artillery School and eventually became a member of the Imperial Guard. Envoyed to a military unit on the Polish border, he went missing without permission and was on the verge of being prosecuted for desertion. After leaving the army, he became interested at philosophy, particularly the work of the German philosophers Fichte and Hegel, and went on to study it in Mosc and San Petersburg.

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ISBN 13	9780521369732
ISBN 10	0521369738
Title	Bakunin: Statism and Anarchy
Author	Michael Bakunin
Series	Cambridge Texts In The History Of Political Thought
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	1990-11-30
Number of pages	300
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