Making Sense of Anarchism [electronic resource] : Errico Malatesta's Experiments with Revolution, 1889-1900 /
Turcato, Davide.author.
Can we make sense of anarchism or is that an oxymoron? Guided by the principle that someone else's rationality is not an empirical finding but a methodological presumption, this book addresses that question as it investigates the ideas and action of one of the most prominent and underrated anarchists of all times: the Italian, Errico Malatesta.
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Anarchism, a Simple and Odd Business?; Historiography and the irrationality of anarchism; A policy of rational accommodation; Epilogue: a charitable approach to anarchism; 2 The First International: A Lasting Heritage; Errico Malatesta, one of the 'Benevento Band'; Two brands of socialism at cross purposes; Distinctive anarchist themes; Epilogue: the anarchist project; 3 An 'Anarchist Rarity' Reappears, 1889; Opaque planning across borders; London: direct action on a mass scale; An official 'reappearance'
A transnational networkEpilogue: three paradigmatic months; 4 A Short-Lived, Momentous Periodical, 1889-90; Anarchist pluralism; Anarchism as a method; Solidarity as a value; Conscious minorities and masses; Tactical principles; Methodological individualism; Epilogue: pragmatism and coherence; 5 Opaque Insurrectionary Trials, 1890-92; The indeterminacy of social action; Propaganda by the deed redefined; France: the First of May; An anarchist party; Italy: 'An Unknown Young Man . . .'; Spain: a speaking tour?; Epilogue: the continuity of anarchism; 6 Open-Ended Popular Movements, 1892-94
The anarchist tactical chasmBelgium: workers on strike for universal suffrage; Sicily: peasants in revolt against taxes; An uneventful year of deep change; Epilogue: the tide of history; 7 Patient Work in the Light of Day, 1894-98; The crossroads of cosmopolitan anarchism; A pluralist view on the labor movement; Two methodological approaches at cross purposes; Sustainable struggles and steady growth; Anarchism, parliamentarianism, and decision making; An anarchist mobilization drive; Epilogue: the 'fatal dichotomies' of anarchism; 8 From the Other Side of the Atlantic Ocean, 1899-1900
An impromptu escape?Anarchist tactics and the lesson of experience; New Jersey: taking care of Italian business; Organization and oligarchy: an anarchist debate; A national movement spanning continents; The cross-national dimension of anarchism; Epilogue: the proper scope of anarchist history; 9 Malatesta's Anarchism: A Charitable Interpretation; Anarchist gradualism; A socialist open society; The rejection of 'good by force'; A morality-driven spontaneous process; Theories of collective action: a comparison; Epilogue: less is more; 10 Conclusion: A Complex, Rational Business; References
Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Can we make sense of anarchism or is that an oxymoron? Guided by the principle that someone else's rationality is not an empirical finding but a methodological presumption, this book addresses that question as it investigates the ideas and action of one of the most prominent and underrated anarchists of all times: the Italian, Errico Malatesta.
Malatesta, Errico, 1853-1932.
Europe-History.
World politics.
History, Modern.
Political theory.
Terrorism.
Political violence.
Italy-History.
European History.
Political History.
Modern History.
Political Theory.
Terrorism and Political Violence.
History of Italy.