Statism and Anarchy
10 hrs. 8 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Mikhail Bakunin
Author
Mikhail Bakunin
Narrator
Max Radman
Narrator
Max Radman
Description
Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin (1814–1876) was a prominent philosopher and public figure, one of the founders and ideologues of anarchism, a bright star in the European revolutionary movement.
M. A. Bakunin lived an astonishing, idea-filled life: he took part in uprisings in Prague, Dresden, and Poland; spent several years in exile in Siberia; and met outstanding people of his time—Marx, Garibaldi, Herzen, and Turgenev.
By proclaiming that his “homeland is the world revolution,” Bakunin opposed the enslavement of the people by the bureaucratic apparatus and argued for the necessity of rebellion—“against organized plunder and oppression—against the state.” That is how “Statehood and Anarchy” came into being—a manifesto of anarchism and the foundation of Bakunin’s teaching about the possibility of rebuilding life on the principles of freedom, equality, and justice.
M. A. Bakunin lived an astonishing, idea-filled life: he took part in uprisings in Prague, Dresden, and Poland; spent several years in exile in Siberia; and met outstanding people of his time—Marx, Garibaldi, Herzen, and Turgenev.
By proclaiming that his “homeland is the world revolution,” Bakunin opposed the enslavement of the people by the bureaucratic apparatus and argued for the necessity of rebellion—“against organized plunder and oppression—against the state.” That is how “Statehood and Anarchy” came into being—a manifesto of anarchism and the foundation of Bakunin’s teaching about the possibility of rebuilding life on the principles of freedom, equality, and justice.
