reading snail reviewed Emma Goldman by Kathy E. Ferguson
incredibly good
5 stars
i really really liked the book! ferguson is critical, but examines goldmans thinking in the context. i especially liked the chapter about race, and how goldman viewed race - even though she collapsed race into class and did not really think of race as a system with a history even though she condemned racist violene and took her own jewishness as a reference frame, these flaws provide opportunities for contemporary anarchists to learn from her mistakes and make it better while also learn from her insights. it's really refreshing to see somebody taking goldman serious as a political thinker and not only as a "emotional woman who thought a bit about anarchism but ehhh she doesn't have university education so she doesn't matter anyway".