Anarchism in Hungary

Anarchism in Hungary? One looks in vain for mention of Hungarians in the histories of anarchism by George Woodcock, Daniel Guerin, Marshall Shatz, or Peter Marshall. During the heyday of anarchism, which may be dated from Mikhail Bakunin's activities in Italy in the 1860s to the Spanish revolution and civil war of 1936–1939, the centers of the anarchist movement were in Latin Europe. This may have been because of small production units, lingering guild traditions, or even the lack of an experience of Reformation, which gave special effect to anticlerical and atheist propaganda. Despite his early enthusiasm for German philosophy, Bakunin the anarchist came to consider it natural that Latin Europe should be the most fertile field for anarchist propaganda. The Latin (and Slavic) peoples were lovers of freedom, as opposed to the Teutonic passion for regimentation, metaphysics, and…