Bakunin on anarchy: A new selection of writings nearly all published for the first time in English by the founder of the world anarchist movement

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This first comprehensive collection in English of the writings of the great Russian political thinker Michael Bakunin-selected and newly translated from pub­ lished and unpublished manuscripts-is an indispen­ sable introduction to the work of the father of world anarchism, and a guide to the intellectual and political turmoil of mid-nin�teenth,:-century Europe. Included in Bakunin on Anarchy are•

his influential Revolutionary Catechism

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his blistering attack on Marx and the International

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his prophetic The Paris Commune and the Idea of the

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the critique of Rousseau, Federalism� Socialism,

State Anti- Theologism •

and essays on such topics as God and the· State,

Authority and Science, General Problems of the Socialist Revolution, and revolutionary strategy.

"At long last we are finally given the full range of Bakunin's rich anarchist insights and a remarkable ex- . pression of his generous, liberty-loving personality. Sam Dolgoff deserves the warmest praise for his edi­ torial judgment, for his wealth of background material, and for his superb translation of writings by Bakunin that have never before appeared in English. This is an outstanding and in many ways a historic work." -Murray Bookchin COVER DESIGN BY HAL SIEGEL/PHOTO BY SOVFOTO

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