Anarchist Portraits

by Paul Avrich

Overview

From the celebrated Russian intellectuals Michael Bakunin and Peter Kropotkin to the little-known Australian bootmaker and radical speaker J. W. Fleming, this book probes the lives and personalities of representative anarchists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780691221359
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	11/10/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
File size:	7 MB

Table of Contents

	List of Illustrations	ix
	Preface	xi
Part I	Russia
1	The Legacy of Bakunin	5
2	Bakunin and the United States	16
3	Bakunin and Nechaev	32
4	Kropotkin's Ethical Anarchism	53
5	Kropotkin in America	79
6	Stormy Petrel: Anatoli Zhelezniakov	107
7	Nestor Makhno: The Man and the Myth	111
8	V. M. Eikhenbaum (Volin): The Man and His Book	125
Part II	America
9	Proudhon and America	137
10	Benjamin Tucker and His Daughter	144
11	C. W. Mowbray: A British Anarchist in America	153
12	Sacco and Vanzetti: The Italian Anarchist Background	162
13	Jewish Anarchism in the United States	176
14	Alexander Berkman: A Sketch	200
15	Ricardo Flores Magon in Prison	208
16	Mollie Steimer: An Anarchist Life	214
Part III	Europe and the World
17	The Paris Commune and Its Legacy	229
18	Paul Brousse: The Possibilist Anarchist	240
19	The Martyrdom of Gustav Landauer	247
20	Brazilian Anarchists	255
21	An Australian Anarchist: J. W. Fleming	260
	Notes	269
	Index	303

Editorial Reviews

"It is . . . in Mr. Avrich's composite picture of anarchism in America that the contradictions, the strength and weaknesses of anarchism as an ideology, as well as the extraordinary dedication and strength of character of its exponents, can be seen most clearly."—-James Joll, New York Times Book Review

"Believers in anarchism, along with those willing to probe beyond the rote dismissals of the creed as a violent tumult, have a rare intellectual feast in Avrich's work."—-Colman McCarthy, Washington Post Book World

"So powerfully does [Avrich] make his case that sometimes in Anarchist Portraits the impossible dream seems not quite so impossible."—-Gary Kern, Washington Times

"Avrich is the foremost American scholar of anarchism in this generation."—-Robert Zaller, Philadelphia Inquirer

From the Publisher

Avrich is the foremost American scholar of anarchism in this generation.

Philadelphia Inquirer - Robert Zaller

So powerfully does [Avrich] make his case that sometimes in Anarchist Portraits the impossible dream seems not quite so impossible.

Washington Times - Gary Kern

Believers in anarchism, along with those willing to probe beyond the rote dismissals of the creed as a violent tumult, have a rare intellectual feast in Avrich's work.

Washington Post Book World - Colman McCarthy

It is . . . in Mr. Avrich's composite picture of anarchism in America that the contradictions, the strength and weaknesses of anarchism as an ideology, as well as the extraordinary dedication and strength of character of its exponents, can be seen most clearly.

New York Times Book Review - James Joll

Avrich is the foremost American scholar of anarchism in this generation.
— Robert Zaller

Philadelphia Inquirer

So powerfully does [Avrich] make his case that sometimes in Anarchist Portraits the impossible dream seems not quite so impossible.
— Gary Kern

Washington Times

Believers in anarchism, along with those willing to probe beyond the rote dismissals of the creed as a violent tumult, have a rare intellectual feast in Avrich's work.
— Colman McCarthy

Washington Post Book World

It is . . . in Mr. Avrich's composite picture of anarchism in America that the contradictions, the strength and weaknesses of anarchism as an ideology, as well as the extraordinary dedication and strength of character of its exponents, can be seen most clearly.
— James Joll

New York Times Book Review