Bakunin, Mikhail (mēkhəyēl` bək
`nyĭn), 1814–76, Russian revolutionary and leading exponent of anarchism anarchism (ăn`ərkĭzəm) [Gr.
..... Click the link for more information. . He came from an aristocratic family but entered upon revolutionary activities as a young man. He took part (1848–49) in the revolutions in France and Saxony and was sent back to Russia and exiled to Siberia. Escaping (1861), he went to London, where he worked with Aleksandr Herzen Herzen, Aleksandr Ivanovich (əlyĭksän`dər ēvä`nəvĭch hâr`tsĭn)
..... Click the link for more information. . In 1868, Bakunin became active in the First International International, any of a succession of international socialist and Communist organizations of the 19th and 20th cent.
The First International was founded in London in 1864 as the International Workingmen's Association.
..... Click the link for more information. , where, with his militant anarchist doctrines, he had great influence. These doctrines, however, brought him into conflict with Karl Marx Marx, Karl, 1818–83, German social philosopher, the chief theorist of modern socialism and communism .
Marx's father, a lawyer, converted from Judaism to Lutheranism in 1824.
..... Click the link for more information. , and he was expelled (1872). Bakunin believed that man is inherently virtuous and deserving of absolute freedom obtained through extreme individualism. He advocated violent overthrow of existing states and institutions as a necessary step to achieving such freedom. His writings include God and the State (1882, tr. 1893).
(born May 30, 1814, Premukhino, Russia—died July 1, 1876, Bern, Switz.) Russian anarchist and political writer. He traveled in western Europe and was active in the Revolutions of 1848. After attending the Slav congress in Prague, he wrote the manifesto “An Appeal to Slavs” (1848). Arrested for revolutionary intrigues in Germany (1849), he was sent to Russia and exiled to Siberia. He escaped in 1861 and returned to western Europe, where he continued his militant anarchist teachings. At the First International (1872) he engaged in a famous quarrel with Karl Marx, which split the European revolutionary movement.
`nyĭn), 1814–76, Russian revolutionary and leading exponent of anarchism anarchism (ăn`ərkĭzəm) [Gr...... Click the link for more information. . He came from an aristocratic family but entered upon revolutionary activities as a young man. He took part (1848–49) in the revolutions in France and Saxony and was sent back to Russia and exiled to Siberia. Escaping (1861), he went to London, where he worked with Aleksandr Herzen Herzen, Aleksandr Ivanovich (əlyĭksän`dər ēvä`nəvĭch hâr`tsĭn)
..... Click the link for more information. . In 1868, Bakunin became active in the First International International, any of a succession of international socialist and Communist organizations of the 19th and 20th cent.
The First International
The First International was founded in London in 1864 as the International Workingmen's Association.
..... Click the link for more information. , where, with his militant anarchist doctrines, he had great influence. These doctrines, however, brought him into conflict with Karl Marx Marx, Karl, 1818–83, German social philosopher, the chief theorist of modern socialism and communism .
Early Life
Marx's father, a lawyer, converted from Judaism to Lutheranism in 1824.
..... Click the link for more information. , and he was expelled (1872). Bakunin believed that man is inherently virtuous and deserving of absolute freedom obtained through extreme individualism. He advocated violent overthrow of existing states and institutions as a necessary step to achieving such freedom. His writings include God and the State (1882, tr. 1893).
Bibliography
See studies by R. B. Saltman (1983) and A. Kelly (1987).
Bakunin, Mikhail (Aleksandrovich)
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Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin.
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