wizard145 reviewed Anarchism and other essays by Emma Goldman
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4 stars
I love emma goldman, i love anarchist theory. Its a golden book written without prose that is too embellishing and is piercingly direct and cuttingly witty and sharp. She does not spare the ego of any of her opponents. There were difficult essays for me to read and grasp her intent especially her essays on womens emancipation and sufferage. Though her views are so shatteringly radical that they seem oppositional to otherwise useful tenets such as emancipation and sufferage, i get the point that shes trying to ultimately make. The only reason that this book gets four instead of five stars is because it is undeniably an echo chamber with no significant basis of praxis, mobilization or instruction for direct action. As a piece of unbridled theory it is five out of five, as a practical manual it unfortunately let me down in some ways.
Easy to finish in a week of light reading.