Michael Bakunin

503 Pages·1975·51.131 MB·English

by  E. H. Carr (auth.)

MICHAEL BAKUNIN
MICHAEL BAKUNIN
(From a photograph taken by Mroczkowski in 1868)
MICHAEL BAKUNIN
BY
E. H. CARR
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Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1975 978-0-333-18425-7
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First edition 1937
Reissued (with minor alterations) 1975
Published by
THE MACMILLAN PRESS LTD
London and Basingstoke
Associated companies in New Y ark
Dublin Melbourne Johannesburg and Madras
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ISBN 978-1-349-02634-0 ISBN 978-1-349-02632-6 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-02632-6
CONTENTS
BOOK I
THE YOUNG ROMANTIC
CHAPTER 1
PAGE
THE BmTH oF A REBEL 1
Parentage and Childhood.
Petersburg.
The Young Generation.
Desertion and Home.coming.
CHAPTER 2
LOVE AND METAPHYSICS 20
Stankevich and Natalie.
Fraternal Love.
Kant and the Contemplative Life.
CHAPTER 3
HIGH SUMMER OF ROMANCE 30
Moscow.
Michael and Tatyana.
The Fichtean Illusion.
CHAPTER 4
AUTUMNAL REALITY 40
Belinsky and Reality.
Romantic Parody.
CHAPTER 5
BROTHER AND SISTERS 49
The Tragedy of Lyubov.
Varvara's Liberation.
CHAPTER 6
HEGEL AND BELINSKY 59
Hegel and Resurrection.
The Real and the Rational.
The Breach with Belinsky.
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CHAPTER 7
PAGE
EscAPE 73
Marking Time.
Moscow Scandals.
The Lure of Berlin.
The Eve of Departure.
BOOK II
THE REVOLUTIONARY ADVENTURER
CHAPTER 8
BETWEEN Two WoRLDS 93
The World of Berlin.
The World of Premukhino.
Alone in Europe.
CHAPTER 9
FAREWELL TO PHILOSOPHY 106
Hegel and Revolution.
A Burning of Boats.
Herwegh and Flight.
CHAPTER 10
SWISS INTERLUDE 116
Swiss Paradise.
Debts and Honour.
Weitling and Communism.
CHAPTER 11
LIFE IN pARIS . 125
Brussels and Paris.
Marx and Proudhon.
Russian Memories.
Herzen, Turgenev, Belinsky.
CHAPTER 12
PRELUDE TO REVOLUTION 139
Liberty and Poland.
Brussels Once More.
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CHAPTER 13
PAGE
1848 149
The Fire is Kindled.
German Adventures.
Prague and the Slavs.
Prussian Proscription.
CHAPTER 14
THE CREED OF A REVOLUTIONARY • 167
The Appeal to the Slavs.
The Rejection of the Bourgeoisie.
The Liberation of the Slavs.
The Russian Peasant.
CHAPTER 15
SHIPWRECK 181
Intrigue and Optimism.
Bakunin in Dresden.
The Dresden Insurrection.
Defeat and Capture.
BOOK III
BURIED ALIVE
CHAPTER 16
SAXONY, AUSTRIA 197
Saxon Prisons.
Saxon Justice.
Prague and Olmiitz.
Austrian Justice.
CHAPTER 17
RussiA 210
The Confession.
The Prison Round.
Petition and Exile.
CHAPTER 18
SIBERIAN ADVENTURE 225
Marriage.
Muraviev.
Round the W or! d.
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BOOK IV
REDIVIVUS
CHAPTER 19
PAGE
FIRST STEPS IN LONDON 239
At Orsett House.
English Contacts.
Slavs, Germans, and Italians.
Memories.
CHAPTER 20
PoLITICAL AMBITIONs . 256
Opinions and Intrigues.
The Old Believers.
The Russian Peasant.
Land and Liberty.
CHAPTER 21
PoLAND . 270
The Eve of Rebellion.
Bakunin takes the Field.
The Cruise of the Ward Jackson.
Aftermath.
CHAPTER 22
SwEDISH EPISODE 288
Swedes and Finns.
The Banquet at the Phoenix Hotel.
Retreat.
CHAPTER 23
FLORENCE 300
Italian Impressions.
A Meeting with Marx.
Bakunin founds a Brotherhood.
CHAPTER 24
NAPLES 312
A Munificent Princess.
The International Brotherhood.
Retreat from Italy.
Antonia.
CONTENTS ix
BOOK V
BAKUNIN AND MARX
CHAPTER 25
PAGE
THE LEAGUE OF PEACE AND FREEDOM 327
The Geneva Congress.
Bakunin joins the International.
Bakunin leaves the League.
CHAPTER 26
THE BIRTH OF THE ALLIANCE 345
The First Campaign.
The End of the International Brotherhood.
Bakunin in the Jura.
The Alliance enters the International.
CHAPTER 27
THE BALE CONGRESS • 361
Geneva Preparations.
The Bale Congress.
Controversies and Recriminations.
Bakunin retires to Locarno.
CHAPTER 28
THE AFFAIRE NECHAEV 375
The Triumphs of an Adventurer.
Many Expedients.
Humiliation and Parting.
CHAPTER 29
FIASCO AT LYONS 394
The Franco-Prussian War.
The "Gallant Colonel".
Revolution at Lyons.
Flight.
CHAPTER 30
THE FORCES OF THE ALLIANCE 410
The Rift in Switzerland.
France, Italy, Spain.
What was the Alliance?