Italian Anarchism, 1864–1892
By: Nunzio Pernicone
Publisher: AK Press
Published: 2009-01-12
Place of publication: Oakland, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9781904859970
Description: From the First International to the 1872 Anti-Authoritarian International, from government suppression and anarchist insurrection to Errico Malatesta’s prominent role in resurrecting the anarchist movement, Nunzio Pernicone’s Italian Anarchism provides a critical examination of early anarchist practices across three decades of Italian history.

Nurtured by Michael Bakunin, and expanded and refined by Errico Malatesta, Carlo Cafiero, Andrea Costa, and Francesco Saverio Merlino, among others, anarchist ideas and modes of action played a central role in the development of Italian socialism, at times reigning triumphant over Marxism and all other revolutionary doctrines.

On the basis of his own extensive research, Pernicone explores questions of strategy and tactics, anarchism’s uneasy relationship with the Left, government repression, internal dissension, and the role of leadership in revolutionary movements—drawing out lessons that are sure to be of interest to contemporary readers. In fact, Pernicone’s book may well tell us as much about our own age as it does those three decades long since past.

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Table of contents: title: List of Illustrations
pagenum: ix; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: xi; title: Abbreviations
pagenum: xiii; title: Introduction
pagenum: 3; title: Bakunin and the Origins of Italian Anarchism; title: Bakunin and the Italians, 1864–1870
pagenum: 11; title: The Rise of the International in Italy, 1870–1872
pagenum: 33; title: The Italian International; title: The Italian Federation of the IWA, 1872–1874
pagenum: 57; title: Insurrection and Repression, 1874–1876
pagenum: 82; title: Resurgence and Insurrection, 1876–1877
pagenum: 106; title: The Twilight of the Italian International, 1877–1878
pagenum: 129; title: The Suppression of the Italian International, 1878–1880
pagenum: 147; title: Crisis, Transformation, and Decline; title: The Defection of Andrea Costa, 1879–1882
pagenum: 165; title: Crisis and Metamorphosis, 1879–1883
pagenum: 179; title: Struggling to Survive, 1883–1885
pagenum: 201; title: Too Little, Too Late, 1885–1890
pagenum: 217; title: Malatesta and Resurgence, 1889–1891
pagenum: 244; title: Descent into Isolation, 1891–1892
pagenum: 258; title: Epilogue: 1892–1900
pagenum: 282; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 295; title: Index
pagenum: 309