No Gods, No Masters: An Anthology of Anarchism | 
 enlarge | Creator: Daniel Guerin
Publisher: AK Press
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ISBN: 1904859259
Dewey Decimal Number: 320
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Publication Date: July 2, 2006
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Splendid anthology of anarchist thought October 22, 2007
R. Woodburn (Edinburgh, Scotland)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
For someone new to anarchism, the sheer breadth of thinking makes it very hard to understand its basic tenets. This really excellent anthology by Daniel Guerin, who, incidentally, wrote one one of the best short guides to anarchist history and theory, "Anarchism: from theory to practice", is a wonderful guide to the range of ideas.
Some of the book is arranged so as to present the ideas of particular thinkers, including (as MightyBoosh says), Proudhon, Bakunin (touching on his famous controversy with Marx within the First International), Kropotkin and Malatesta. Other parts of the book are arranged thematically to consider issues such as the Spanish collectives, the Kronstadt uprising, and anarcho-syndicalism.
The collection of documents from a wide range of sources and ages gives the book a sense of immediacy as well as outlining the history and development of anarchist thought. Of course, some aspects will appeal to you more than others, but I've found the book really useful in understanding what united and separated different writers, and in helping me follow up strands of thinking or activism that I might never otherwise have heard about.
I'd warmly recommend the book to anyone who wants to find out about anarchism, or who knows a little but wants to expand their understanding.
Nothing to Lose but......................... June 13, 2007
MightyBoosh
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Daniel Guerin was a French anarchist and gay activist. He was a prolific writer. Several of his works have been translated into English, including Anarchism: From Theory to Practice, Fascism and Big Business and Class Struggle in the French Republic.
No Gods, No Masters: An Anthology of Anarchism is the first English translation of Guerin's monumental anthology of anarchism, published in one volume.
It details a vast array of unpublished documents, letters, debates, manifestos, reports, impassioned calls-to-arms and reasoned analysis; the history, organization and practice of the movement-its theorists, advocates and activists; the great names and the obscure, towering legends and unsung heroes.
This definitive anthology portrays anarchism as a sophisticated ideology whose nuances and complexities highlight the natural desire for freedom in all of us.
The classical texts will re-establish anarchism as both an intellectual and practical force to be reckoned with.
Includes writings by Emma Goldman, Kropotkin, Berkman, Bakunin, Proudhon, and Malatesta.
A classic compilation enthusiastically recommended for political science students and anyone striving to better understand the anarchist philosophy and movement.
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