Title:
Direct struggle against capital : a Peter Kropotkin anthology / Peter Kropotkin ; edited by Iain McKay.
Author:
Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich, kni͡azʹ, 1842-1921, author.
McKay, Iain, editor.
Publication Information:
Edinburgh : AK Press, [2014]
©2014
Call Number:
HX833 .K73813 2014
Abstract:
Peter Kropotkin is by far anarchism{u2019}s most influential theorist, and Direct Struggle Against Capital is the most extensive collection of his writings available in English. Over half the selections have been translated for the first time or recovered from long-out-of-print pamphlets and newspapers. The result is a volume that provides an introduction to classic texts, while showing new facets of a familiar and canonical figure. Direct Struggle Against Capital paints a detailed portrait of Kropotkin the revolutionary, the man Emma Goldman described as someone for whom anarchism ?was not an ideal for the select few. It was a constructive social theory, destined to usher in a new world for all of mankind.? Fully annotated and featuring a lengthy historical introduction, biographical sketch, glossary, bibliography, and index. --Provided by publisher.
Electronic Access:
Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1511/2013945486-b.htmlPublisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1511/2013945486-d.html
ISBN:
9781849351706
Physical Description:
723 pages ; 23 cm.
Contents:
Anarchism and anarchists. From Memoirs of a Revolutionist -- The Lyon anarchist trial of 1883 -- The Place of Anarchism in Socialistic Evolution -- Preface to Bakunin's The Paris Commune and the Idea of the State -- Letter to Maria Isidine Goldsmith -- Letter to Max Nettlau -- Anarchism -- From Modern Science and Anarchism -- The Anarchist Principle -- A Few Thoughts about the Essence of Anarchism -- Letter to the Bakunin Centenary Celebration -- From Ethics: Origin and Development -- Capitalism and the State. From "Representative Government" -- Our Riches -- The Division of Labour -- Economic Expedients -- From The State: Its Historic Role -- Prisons: Universities of Crime -- From The Modern State -- The Workers' Movement and Class Struggle. From Memoirs of a Revolutionist -- Enemies of the People -- The Workers' Movement in Spain -- Workers' Organisation -- The Use of the Strike -- Strikes -- 1st May 1891 -- The Death of the New International -- Commemoration of the Chicago Martyrs -- The Workers' Congress of 1896 -- Letter to French and British Trade Union Delegates -- The Development of Trade-Unionism -- From Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution -- Politics and Socialism -- Trade Unionism and Parliamentarism -- Letter to The Voice of Labour -- Anarchists and Trade Unions -- 1886-1907: Glimpses into the Labour Movement in this Country -- Letter to Alexander Berkman -- Syndicalism and Anarchism -- Revolutions. From The Great French Revolution, 1789-1793 -- 1848-1871 -- The Paris Commune -- Commune of Paris -- The Revolution in Russia -- The Russian Revolution and Anarchism -- Enough of Illusions! -- Message to the Workers of the Western World -- Social Revolution. From Memoirs of a Revolutionist -- The Anarchist Idea from the Point Of View of Its Practical Realisation -- Revolutionary Government -- From Expropriation -- What Revolution Means -- Act For Yourselves -- Local Action -- Preface to Words of a Rebel (1904) -- Insurrections and Revolution -- Preface to How We Shall Bring About the Revolution -- Anarchist Action in the Revolution -- Postscript to Words of a Rebel (1919) -- Anarchy. The Commune -- From In Russian and French Prisons -- Are We Good Enough? -- The Permanence of Society after the Revolution -- The Wage System -- Communism And Anarchy -- The Reformed School -- From Fields, Factories and Workshops -- Appendix: Mutual Aid: An Important Factor in Evolution -- Glossary -- Index.
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Uniform Title:
Works. Selections. English. 2014
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