Francesco Saverio Merlino

Francesco Saverio Merlino (born 9 September 1856 in Naples; died 30 June 1930 in Rome) was an Italian lawyer, anarchist activist and theorist of libertarian socialism.  

Life
Merlino started to participate in the anarchist movement in Italy during his university studies.

In 1884 he went into exile in England and also travelled to the USA. After he returned to Italy in 1894, he was arrested and had to spend two years in prison. 

In the following years, he developed his theory of libertarian socialism in arguments with his friend Errico Malatesta.

Main works
Socialismo o monopolismo? (1887)
L’Italie telle qu’elle est (1890)
gli opuscoli Necessità e basi di un accordo (1892)
L’individua-lismo nell’anarchismo (1893)
Pro e contro il socialismo (1897)
L’utopia collettivista e la crisi del “socialismo scientifico” (1898)
Formes et essence du socialisme (1898)
Fascismo e democrazia (1924)
Politica e Magistratura dal 1860 ad oggi in Italia (1925)
Il socialismo senza Marx. Studi e polemiche per una revisione della dottrina socialista (1897-1930), Massimiliano Boni, Bologna 1974.
Il problema economico e politico del socialismo. (1948)

Related pages
 List of anarchists

Category:Italian anarchists
Category:Italian lawyers
Category:Jurists from Naples
Category:1856 births
Category:1930 deaths