TY - BOOK ID - 27793569 TI - Statism and anarchy AU - Bakunin, Michail Aleksandrovič AU - Shatz, Marshall PY - 1990 SN - 0521361826 0521369738 9780521361828 9780521369732 9781139168083 1139930079 1139927167 1139168088 PB - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - 329.285 KW - Anarchism KW - State, The KW - Administration KW - Commonwealth, The KW - Anarchism and anarchists KW - Anarchy KW - 329.285 Anarchisme KW - Anarchisme KW - Anarquismo. KW - Estado KW - Sovereignty KW - Political science KW - Government, Resistance to KW - Libertarianism KW - Nihilism KW - Socialism KW - Filosofía. KW - Social Sciences KW - Political Science KW - Anarchism. KW - State, The. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:27793569 AB - Statism and Anarchy is a complete English translation of the last work by the great Russian anarchist Michael Bakunin, written in 1873. Then he assails the Marxist alternative, predicting that a 'dictatorship of the proletariat' will in fact be a dictatorship over the proletariat, and will produce a new class of socialist rulers. Instead, he outlines his vision of an anarchist society and identifies the social forces he believes will achieve an anarchist revolution. Statism and Anarchy had an immediate influence on the 'to the people' movement of Russian populism, and Bakunin's ideas inspired significant anarchist movements in Spain, Italy, Russia and elsewhere. In a lucid introduction Marshall Shatz locates Bakunin in his immediate historical and intellectual context, and assesses the impact of his ideas on the wider development of European radical thought. A guide to further reading and chronology of events are also appended as aids to students encountering Bakunin's thought for the first time. ER -