Anarchism and Other Essays by Emma Goldman
Emma Goldman, once considered the most dangerous woman in America, was a thinker so far ahead of her time that even to a modern reader, her views sound startlingly revolutionary. This collection of essays is an excellent introduction to her thoughts: ranging from her views on women's liberation, the role of theater, the prison system, and the tactics of dissent. All are filled with her fearless joyousness, her radical dedication to the idea that life is meant to be a source of delight--and that escaping the meaningless drudgery of daily life must be achieved by any means necessary.
Goldman, Emma: - Emma Goldman (1869 - 1940) was an anarchist political activist and writer. She played a pivotal role in the development of anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europe in the first half of the 20th century. Born in Kaunas, Russian Empire (now Lithuania) to a Jewish family, Goldman emigrated to the United States in 1885. Attracted to anarchism after the Chicago Haymarket affair, Goldman became a writer and a renowned lecturer on anarchist philosophy, women's rights, and social issues, attracting crowds of thousands. She and anarchist writer Alexander Berkman, her lover and lifelong friend, planned to assassinate industrialist and financier Henry Clay Frick as an act of propaganda of the deed. Frick survived the attempt on his life in 1892, and Berkman was sentenced to 22 years in prison. Goldman was imprisoned several times in the years that followed, for inciting to riot and illegally distributing information about birth control. In 1906, Goldman founded the anarchist journal Mother Earth.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781617205217 |
| ISBN 10 | 1617205214 |
| Title | Anarchism and Other Essays |
| Author | Emma Goldman |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | SMK Books |
| Year published | 2012-01-06 |
| Number of pages | 162 |
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