High school history courses had emphasized the American, French and Russian revolutions. In college, planning a history major, I took a two-semester survey of the latter. Having read some Marx and being critical of "actually existing" socialist states like the USSR and the PRC, I was much interested

După ce ironizează aspecte importante ale religiei, pe care le consideră (pe bună dreptate) fabulații, Bakunin respinge statul ca fiind sinonim cu abandonarea libertății individuale, distrugerea relațiilor sociale, reducerea sau chiar negarea completă a vieții în sine... toate acestea pentru propria

Pourfendeur d'autorités métaphysiques

➜ Bakounine envisage l'histoire comme un processus de dépassement progressif de l'animalité de l'homme, de développement de son humanité.

➜ Il ne conçoit d'autorités que temporaires, spécifiques et choisies.

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I can't say I agree with much of this as a Christian but what better way to strengthen my beliefs & religious arguments than to read things to the contrary & try to refute them :-)

First off I really wish people would stop giving me books as gifts because they inevitably give me books like this, as in books I would never pick up on my own. Like I just really hate reading philosophy or even most things written before like the 1920's. Why do they all write like this, with consta

Wrong anarchist text for what I am seeking…

The Good:
--I’ll start with the shortest part. The unfortunate thing is I probably agree with many of the views in the book, but this type of work mostly feeds my confirmation bias. I can see it as an abbreviated inspirational read (demonstrated by the revi

Really rambly arguments (especially at the end) against a specifically Christian god that really doesn't impact my life, not having been raised christian and all. There were a few parts with ringing eloquence on the independence of humans over god, the state, and science. Overall, contributed to a c