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The life of Bakunin (1814–1876), the Russian architect of the anarchist movement, provides a surprisingly enjoyable introduction to the tumult of 19th-century radicalism. However, Leier's account of Bakunin's evolution from a jingoistic cadet to the man who proclaimed "if there is a state there is necessarily... slavery" focuses more on the thinker than the personality; one wishes for more glimpses of the man behind the ideas. A military officer turned philosopher, Bakunin could discuss Hegel or man a barricade with equal aplomb. He rubbed shoulders with George Sand in 1844 Paris, served in working-men's militias in Paris and Dresden, spent harrowing months shackled to prison walls in Dresden, Prague and Russia, and finally made a daring escape from Siberian exile in 1861 to (eventually) Italy. A chapter on the roots of Bakunin's thought in German idealism provides a lucid eight-page précis of Hegel's ideas that's actually fun to read. The feud between Bakunin and Marx gets ample space. Occasionally, Leier falls into jarring slang, and what he sees as the optimism of anarchy may seem like naïveté to others. But he brings welcome consideration to the real merits of the movement's theory. (Aug.)
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Leier enthusiastically parses the great anarchist's writings and argues that anarchism is largely misunderstood as an ideology. Bakunin's vision was superficially similar to Marx's workers' utopia but differed in important aspects, such as the role of central government. "Bakunin's revolutionary society would exist not to dominate or control the masses, but to prevent them from being co-opted by others." Leier generally dismisses Bakunin's adversaries but amply attends to the anarchist's frequent and eloquent conflicts with Marx. Bakunin believed that a successful revolution of the people would result in the "triumph of individuals" and the demise of the socialist movement, putting Marx out of work. Leier is best when explaining Bakunin's words and thoughts and, although he provides some information about Bakunin's upbringing and family, scants personal details (the hypothesis that sexual dysfunction played a part in Bakunin's endeavors is aired and rejected). Unfailingly informative, nevertheless, and frequently exciting, Leier's biography reintroduces a fascinating revolutionary, knowledge of whose ideas helps one place such recent phenomena as the World Trade Organization protests in meaningful historical context. Mike Tribby
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The life of Bakunin (1814–1876), the Russian architect of the anarchist movement, provides a surprisingly enjoyable introduction to the tumult of 19th-century radicalism. However, Leier's account of Bakunin's evolution from a jingoistic cadet to the man who proclaimed "if there is a state there is necessarily... slavery" focuses more on the thinker than the personality; one wishes for more glimpses of the man behind the ideas. A military officer turned philosopher, Bakunin could discuss Hegel or man a barricade with equal aplomb. He rubbed shoulders with George Sand in 1844 Paris, served in working-men's militias in Paris and Dresden, spent harrowing months shackled to prison walls in Dresden, Prague and Russia, and finally made a daring escape from Siberian exile in 1861 to (eventually) Italy. A chapter on the roots of Bakunin's thought in German idealism provides a lucid eight-page précis of Hegel's ideas that's actually fun to read. The feud between Bakunin and Marx gets ample space. Occasionally, Leier falls into jarring slang, and what he sees as the optimism of anarchy may seem like naïveté to others. But he brings welcome consideration to the real merits of the movement's theory. (Aug.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From Booklist
Leier enthusiastically parses the great anarchist's writings and argues that anarchism is largely misunderstood as an ideology. Bakunin's vision was superficially similar to Marx's workers' utopia but differed in important aspects, such as the role of central government. "Bakunin's revolutionary society would exist not to dominate or control the masses, but to prevent them from being co-opted by others." Leier generally dismisses Bakunin's adversaries but amply attends to the anarchist's frequent and eloquent conflicts with Marx. Bakunin believed that a successful revolution of the people would result in the "triumph of individuals" and the demise of the socialist movement, putting Marx out of work. Leier is best when explaining Bakunin's words and thoughts and, although he provides some information about Bakunin's upbringing and family, scants personal details (the hypothesis that sexual dysfunction played a part in Bakunin's endeavors is aired and rejected). Unfailingly informative, nevertheless, and frequently exciting, Leier's biography reintroduces a fascinating revolutionary, knowledge of whose ideas helps one place such recent phenomena as the World Trade Organization protests in meaningful historical context. Mike Tribby
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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