Written in the 1873 aftermath of the rise of the German Empire and the clash with Karl Marx in the first International, the great Russian anarchist's last work had an immediate influence on the to the people movement of Russian populism.
Among the 19th-century founders of modern philosophical anarchism, none is more important than Michael Bakunin (1814–76). Born into the Russian nobility, he renounced his hereditary rank in protest against Czarist oppression and fled to Western Europe.
Collection of extracts from Bakunin's works written between 1867 and 1872, including his controversy with Marx and the nature and characteristics of the State.Foreword Life of Bakunin1 Introductory2 Marxist ideology 3 State and Marxism 4 Internationalism
