Anarchism in Hungary
Subtitle: Theory, History, Legacies
By: András Bozóki and Miklós Sükösd ; translated from the Hungarian by Alan Renwick.
Contributors: Sükösd, Miklós.
Series: CHSP Hungarian Studies Series, 7; East European Monographs, 670
Publisher: Social Science Monographs; Distributed by Columbia University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Boulder, USA; New York, USA
Language: eng
Translated from: hun
Translation of: Az anarchizmus elmélete és magyarországi története
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780880335683
Subjects: Anarchism -- Hungary -- History.; Anarchism.
Work titles: Anarchizmus elmélete és magyarországi története.
Description: Anarchism in Hungary? One looks in vain for mention of Hungarians in the histories of anarchism by George Woodcock, Daniel Guerin, Marshall Shatz, or Peter Marshall. During the heyday of anarchism, which may be dated from Mikhail Bakunin's activities in Italy in the 1860s to the Spanish revolution and civil war of 1936–1939, the centers of the anarchist movement were in Latin Europe. This may have been because of small production units, lingering guild traditions, or even the lack of an experience of Reformation, which gave special effect to anticlerical and atheist propaganda. Despite his early enthusiasm for German philosophy, Bakunin the anarchist came to consider it natural that Latin Europe should be the most fertile field for anarchist propaganda. The Latin (and Slavic) peoples were lovers of freedom, as opposed to the Teutonic passion for regimentation, metaphysics, and…
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-345) and index.

Translation of: Az anarchizmus elmélete és magyarországi története.
Table of contents: title: INTRODUCTION
pagenum: 1; label: PART ONE:
title: ANARCHIST SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY
pagenum: 7; label: 1.
title: Types of Anarchism: an Analytical Framework
pagenum: 7; label: 1.1.
title: Individualism versus Collectivism
pagenum: 9; label: 1.2.
title: Moral versus Political Ways to Social Revolution
pagenum: 11; label: 1.3.
title: Religion versus Antireligion
pagenum: 12; label: 1.4.
title: Violence versus Nonviolence
pagenum: 13; label: 1.5.
title: Rationalism versus Romanticism
pagenum: 16; label: 2.
title: The Essential Features of Anarchism
pagenum: 19; label: 2.1.
title: Power: Social versus Political Order
pagenum: 19; label: 2.2.
title: From Anthropological Optimism to Revolution
pagenum: 21; label: 2.3.
title: Anarchy
pagenum: 22; label: 2.4.
title: Anarchist Mentality
pagenum: 24; label: 3.
title: Critiques of Anarchism
pagenum: 27; label: 3.1.
title: How Could Institutions of Just Rule Exist?
pagenum: 27; label: 3.2.
title: The Problem of Coercion
pagenum: 28; label: 3.3.
title: An Anarchist Economy?
pagenum: 30; label: 3.4.
title: How to Deal with Antisocial Behavior?
pagenum: 34; label: 3.5.
title: State and Nation
pagenum: 34; label: 3.6.
title: All States Are Bad: Democracy Equals Dictatorship?
pagenum: 35; label: 4.
title: Locating Anarchism among Political Ideologies
pagenum: 39; label: 4.1.
title: Challenges to Anarchism
pagenum: 39; label: 4.2.
title: Anarchism versus Other Ideologies
pagenum: 44; label: PART TWO:
title: THE HISTORY OF ANARCHISM IN HUNGARY
pagenum: 57; label: 1.
title: The Social Basis of Anarchism
pagenum: 58; label: 1.1.
title: Workers
pagenum: 58; label: 1.2.
title: Peasants
pagenum: 59; label: 1.3.
title: Intelligentsia
pagenum: 60; label: 1.4.
title: Aristocrats
pagenum: 60; label: 1.5.
title: Artists
pagenum: 61; label: 2.
title: Radical Socialism and Anarchism (1881–1884)
pagenum: 62; label: 2.1.
title: Radicalism in the Austro-Hungarian Labor Movement
pagenum: 64; label: 2.2.
title: Sympathy with Anarchism: The Radical Worker’s Party
pagenum: 66; label: 2.3.
title: The Fall of the Radical Opposition
pagenum: 68; label: 3.
title: Agrarian Socialism and Ideal Anarchism (1894–1916)
pagenum: 70; label: 3.1.
title: The Agrarian Movement: Socialism and Messianism
pagenum: 70; label: 3.2.
title: István Várkonyi and the Independent Social Democratic Movement
pagenum: 75; label: 3.3.
title: Jenő Henrik Schmitt: A Path to Ideal Anarchism
pagenum: 78; label: 3.4.
title: Ideal Anarchism
pagenum: 82; label: 3.5.
title: Schmitt and the Independent Socialist Party
pagenum: 86; label: 3.6.
title: Schmitt and the Gödölő Artists’ Colony
pagenum: 95; label: 4.
title: Anarchism and Syndicalism (1904–1914)
pagenum: 99; label: 4.1.
title: Syndicalism in the International Labor Movement
pagenum: 99; label: 4.2.
title: Ervin Batthyány: From Communist Anarchism to Anarcho-Syndicalism
pagenum: 108; label: 4.3.
title: “Comrade Count Batthyány”
pagenum: 119; label: 4.4.
title: The Budapest Group of Revolutionary Socialists
pagenum: 125; label: 4.5.
title: Ervin Szabó and the Attempt to Establish a Syndicalist Movement
pagenum: 130; label: 5.
title: Artistic and Political Avant-Gardism (1908–1919)
pagenum: 134; label: 5.1.
title: Lajos Kassák and Anarchism
pagenum: 134; label: 5.2.
title: The “Conductor of Mystery”: Emil Szittya
pagenum: 136; label: 5.3.
title: The Moralist Revolutionaries
pagenum: 142; label: 6.
title: Anarchism during the Period of the Soviet Republic (1919)
pagenum: 147; label: 6.1.
title: Anarchism versus Bolshevism: The Soviet Example
pagenum: 147; label: 6.2.
title: Critical, Revolutionary and Cultural Opposition
pagenum: 151; label: 7.
title: Anarchism in Hungary: A Structural Explanation
pagenum: 159; label: 7.1.
title: Nonpolitical Politics
pagenum: 159; label: 7.2.
title: Four Waves of Anarchism
pagenum: 162; label: PART THREE:
title: ANARCHIST IDEAS AND INITIATIVES: LEGACIES AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES
pagenum: 173; label: 1.
title: Unfinished Past
pagenum: 173; label: 1.1.
title: Anarchist Influences in Hungary 1919–1946
pagenum: 173; label: 1.2.
title: Anarchism under “Real Existing Socialism” (1970s–1980s)
pagenum: 179; label: 1.3.
title: The Revival of Anarchist Organization in the Post-Communist Transition (1988–1993)
pagenum: 182; label: 1.4
title: “The Joyful Aesthetic of Opposition”: The Anarchista Újság (1991–93)
pagenum: 192; label: 2.
title: Anarchy with Democracy? Hungarian Attempts at Theoretical Synthesis
pagenum: 203; label: 2.1.
title: Anarchism and the Liberal Socialism of Oszkár Jászi
pagenum: 203; label: 2.2.
title: Anarchy and “An-archy”: István Bibó and the Society without Rule
pagenum: 209; label: 3.
title: Anarchism and Social Movements
pagenum: 215; label: 3.1.
title: Anarchism and the Anarchist Mentality
pagenum: 216; label: 3.2.
title: Postmodern Philosophy and the Anarchist Worldview
pagenum: 217; label: 3.3.
title: Feminism and the Anarchist Mentality
pagenum: 202; label: 3.4.
title: The Anarchist Mentality of the Green Movement
pagenum: 223; label: 3.5.
title: Municipalism and the Anarchist Legacy
pagenum: 228; label: 3.6.
title: The Post-Industrial Turn, Post-Materialist Value Change and the New Social Movements
pagenum: 234; title: CONCLUSIONS: ANARCHO-DEMOCRATS AND SOCIAL CHANGE
pagenum: 239; title: NOTES
pagenum: 249; title: BIBLIOGRAPHY
pagenum: 305; title: Periodicals
pagenum: 305; title: Books and articles
pagenum: 306; title: PHOTOGRAPHS
pagenum: 347; title: INDEX; title: ABOUT THE AUTHORS; title: BOOKS PUBLISHED BY CHSP