Bakunin unsuccessfully sought community in religion and philosophy through influences including Arnold Ruge (Left Hegelianism), Ludwig Feuerbach (philosophical humanism), Wilhelm …

This principle, constituting moreover the essential foundation of positive Socialism, was first given its scientific formulation and developed by M. Karl Marx, the chief leader of the German …

5 days ago · Mikhail Bakunin was the chief propagator of 19th-century anarchism, a prominent Russian revolutionary agitator, and a prolific political writer. His quarrel with Karl Marx split the …

Communism does not proceed from theory, but from practical instinct, from the popular instinct, and the latter is never wrong. Its protest is the mighty verdict of humanity, whose holy and only …

Jul 24, 2008 · His revolutionary, class struggle based anarchism soon became the dominant form of anarchism in the First International. He combated the state socialism of Marx and Engels …

Jul 17, 2023 · Bakunin is often considered as the father of Anarchism, and is described today as Communist anarchist. His major differences with Marx were on the form of the Communist …

Jan 1, 2015 · Bakunin fought for a society based upon justice, equality and freedom. Unlike political leaders of the left he had great faith in the spontaneous, creative and revolutionary …

The sociological significance of Bakunin's struggle with Marx on the issue of apolitism, or whether the proletariat should participate in politics, is that it questioned for the first time the Marxian …

Bakunin outlined the case against Germany, and enunciated his theory of the historic mission of the French, in his "Letters to a Frenchman about The Present Crisis," written in September, …

It is important first to retrace the history of the conflict between Marx and Bakunin within the International, before examining the two themes around which their opposition crystallizes: that …