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ANARCHISM: From Theory to Practice

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ISBN 10: 
0-85345-175-4
ISBN 13: 
978-0-85345-175-4
Library of Congress Control No.: 
71-105316
Number of pages: 
166
First published: 
1965 in French
This edition: 
2008?
Contents: 

Introduction -- Noam Chomsky
Preface

   1. The Basic Ideas of Anarchism
       A Matter of Words
       A Visceral Revolt
       Horror of the State
       Hostility to Bourgeois Democracy
       Critique of Authoritarian Socialism
       Sources of Inspiration: The Individual
       Sources of Inspiration: The Masses

   2. In Search of a New Society
       Anarchism Is Not Utopian
       The Need for Organization
       Self-Management
       The Bases of Exchange
       Competition
       Centralization and Planning
       Complete Socialization?
       Trade Unions
       The Communes
       The Disputed Term "State"
       How Should the Public Services Be Managed?
       Federalism
       Internationalism
       Decolonization

   3. Anarchism in Revolutionary Practice
     1880-1914
        Anarchism Becomes Isolated from the Working-Class Movement
        Social-Democratic Condemnation of Anarchism
        Anarchists in the Trade Unions
      Anarchism in the Rusian Revolution
        A Libertarian Revolution
        An Authoritarian Revolution
        The Part Played by the Anarchists
        The Makhnovtchina
        Kronstadt
        Anarchism Living and Dead
      Anarchism in the Italian Factory Councils
      Anarchism in the Spanish Revolution
        The Soviet Mirage
        The Anarchist Tradition in Spain
        Theory
        An "Apolitical" Revolution
        Anarchists in Government
        Self-Management in Agriculture
        Self-Management in Industry
        Self-Management Undermined

By Way of Conclusion
Postscript: May 1968

Bibliography
 

Biographical note(s): 

Daniel Guerin, the author of Fascism and Big Business and La Lutte de classes sous la Premiere Republique (1793-1797), was an early opponent of fascism, one of the first gay activists of the twentieth century, as well as a political theorist and historian.

Quotes about: 

"... What we have here is perhaps the best short introduction to anarchism there is." -- New Statesman

"... a significant contribution to the current re-examination of marxist revolutionary theory.... [Guerin] writes lucidly and knowledgeably, with calm, and without self-interest." -- New Society

"One of the ablest leaders and writers of the French new Left describes the two realms of 'anarchism'---its intellectual substance, and its actual practice through the Bolshevik Revolution, the Spanish Civil War, the Italian Factory Councils, and finally the role in workers' self-management in Yugoslavia and Algeria. One sees in 'anarchism' a close kinship to libertarianism of the right, with its horror of state bureaucracy and hostility towards bourgeois (liberal) democracy. Noam Chomsky, perhaps Guerin's American political counterpart, has written a concise and effective introduction which will add to the book's campus appeal. An important contemporary definition of New Left aims and their possible directions in the future." -- Publisher's Weekly