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God and the State by Michael Bakunin (1970, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherDover Publications, Incorporated

ISBN-10048622483X

ISBN-139780486224831

eBay Product ID (ePID)13038809257

Product Key Features

Book TitleGod and the State

Number of Pages112 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicAtheism, Political Ideologies / Anarchism, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Philosophy, Christianity / Literature & the Arts

Publication Year1970

FeaturesRevised

IllustratorYes

GenreReligion, Political Science, History

AuthorMichael Bakunin

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.2 in

Item Weight5.1 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN88-102739

Dewey Edition18

Dewey Decimal335/.83

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

SynopsisAmong the 19th-century founders of modern philosophical anarchism, none is more important than Michael Bakunin (1814-76). Born into the Russian nobility, he renounced his hereditary rank in protest against Czarist oppression and fled to Western Europe. A colorful, charismatic personality, Bakunin quickly became central to the anarchism movement, and everyone involved either built upon or reacted to his ideas. Yet Bakunin, despite the power of his ideas, was primarily a man of action, and he wrote little. His only major work, God and the State, remained unfinished, although it is the torso of a giant. God and the State has been a basic anarchist and radical document for generations. It is one of the clearest statements of the anarchist philosophy of history: religion by its nature is an impoverishment, enslavement, and annihilation of humanity. It is the weapon of the state. It must be smashed, according to Bakunin, before the right of self-determination can be possible. As an introduction to anarchist thought, a manifesto of atheism, or as a summing-up of the thoughts of Bakunin, God and the State remains a mind-opening experience, even for those basically unsympathetic to its premise., A founder of modern philosophical anarchism presents a clear introduction to anarchist thought and a manifesto of atheism. This influential work offers a mind-opening experience for even the most skeptical readers., A founder of modern philosophical anarchism presents a clear introduction to anarchist thought and a manifesto of atheism. Bakunin offers a mind-opening experience for even the most skeptical readers. This influential work denounces religion as a weapon of the state that must be smashed in the pursuit of the right to self-determination.

LC Classification NumberHX833.B313