Hardcover, 368 pages
English language
Published Aug. 22, 2006 by Thomas Dunne Books.
Fantastic. Must-read for anyone who believes we can attain a better, more free and equal world than we live in today. Or even for those who have become disillusioned with such hopeful thoughts. The author does a superb job in not only giving a biography of Bakunin and describing his ideas, but also skillfully places it all into the broader historical context.
i was stranded in the jungles of southern naperville for an afternoon, so i moseyed my way on over to the public lib and found this interesting little gem to tie up an afternoon. particularly fascinating to me is the dramatic relationship between bakunin and marx, up to and including bakunin's expulsion from the first international. at one point marx's feelings are hurt cause bakunin doesn't respond to marx's gift of a copy of the recently published Capital, and bakunin has to respond in a letter assuring ol' karl that they are indeed friends and it had simply been an oversight. charming.
can't wait to get back into this one.
