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Escrits revolucionaris: Assaigs escollits
Aquest volum recull els fonaments del pensament provocador i llibertari d’Emma Goldman, una de les figures més influents i controvertides del moviment anarquista. Hi trobarem escrits sobre l’ateisme, l’individualisme, la teoria i pràctica de l’anarquisme, el matrimoni, la reproducció i l’educació; també el testimoni de la seva estreta relació amb el moviment llibertari espanyol.
A través d’aquesta selecció de textos que inclouen assaigs, articles i fragments de la seva autobiografia, comprovarem que Goldman desafia qualsevol autoritat i hipocresia, reivindica el caràcter individualista de l’anarquisme i celebra la bellesa i el gaudi de la vida. Completament vigent, la seva veu ressona encara amb agudesa i claredat en el context del nostre món contemporani.
A través d’aquesta selecció de textos que inclouen assaigs, articles i fragments de la seva autobiografia, comprovarem que Goldman desafia qualsevol autoritat i hipocresia, reivindica el caràcter individualista de l’anarquisme i celebra la bellesa i el gaudi de la vida. Completament vigent, la seva veu ressona encara amb agudesa i claredat en el context del nostre món contemporani.
264 pages, Hardcover
Published February 20, 2024
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Emma Goldman
360 books1,042 followersEmma Goldman was a feminist anarchist known for her political activism, writing and speeches. She played a pivotal role in the development of anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europe in the first half of the twentieth century.
Born in Kovno in the Russian Empire (present-day Kaunas, Lithuania), Goldman emigrated to the US in 1885 and lived in New York City, where she joined the burgeoning anarchist movement.Attracted to anarchism after the Haymarket affair, Goldman became a writer and a renowned lecturer on anarchist philosophy, women's rights, and social issues, attracting crowds of thousands.
She and anarchist writer Alexander Berkman, her lover and lifelong friend, planned to assassinate Henry Clay Frick as an act of propaganda of the deed. Although Frick survived the attempt on his life, Berkman was sentenced to twenty-two years in prison. Goldman was imprisoned several times in the years that followed, for "inciting to riot" and illegally distributing information about birth control. In 1906, Goldman founded the anarchist journal Mother Earth.
In 1917, Goldman and Berkman were sentenced to two years in jail for conspiring to "induce persons not to register" for the newly instated draft. After their release from prison, they were arrested—along with hundreds of others—and deported to Russia.
Initially supportive of that country's Bolshevik revolution, Goldman quickly voiced her opposition to the Soviet use of violence and the repression of independent voices. In 1923, she wrote a book about her experiences, My Disillusionment in Russia. While living in England, Canada, and France, she wrote an autobiography called Living My Life. After the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, she traveled to Spain to support the anarchist revolution there. She died in Toronto on May 14, 1940, aged 70.
During her life, Goldman was lionized as a free-thinking "rebel woman" by admirers, and derided by critics as an advocate of politically motivated murder and violent revolution.Her writing and lectures spanned a wide variety of issues, including prisons, atheism, freedom of speech, militarism, capitalism, marriage, free love, and homosexuality. Although she distanced herself from first-wave feminism and its efforts toward women's suffrage, she developed new ways of incorporating gender politics into anarchism. After decades of obscurity, Goldman's iconic status was revived in the 1970s, when feminist and anarchist scholars rekindled popular interest in her life.
Born in Kovno in the Russian Empire (present-day Kaunas, Lithuania), Goldman emigrated to the US in 1885 and lived in New York City, where she joined the burgeoning anarchist movement.Attracted to anarchism after the Haymarket affair, Goldman became a writer and a renowned lecturer on anarchist philosophy, women's rights, and social issues, attracting crowds of thousands.
She and anarchist writer Alexander Berkman, her lover and lifelong friend, planned to assassinate Henry Clay Frick as an act of propaganda of the deed. Although Frick survived the attempt on his life, Berkman was sentenced to twenty-two years in prison. Goldman was imprisoned several times in the years that followed, for "inciting to riot" and illegally distributing information about birth control. In 1906, Goldman founded the anarchist journal Mother Earth.
In 1917, Goldman and Berkman were sentenced to two years in jail for conspiring to "induce persons not to register" for the newly instated draft. After their release from prison, they were arrested—along with hundreds of others—and deported to Russia.
Initially supportive of that country's Bolshevik revolution, Goldman quickly voiced her opposition to the Soviet use of violence and the repression of independent voices. In 1923, she wrote a book about her experiences, My Disillusionment in Russia. While living in England, Canada, and France, she wrote an autobiography called Living My Life. After the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, she traveled to Spain to support the anarchist revolution there. She died in Toronto on May 14, 1940, aged 70.
During her life, Goldman was lionized as a free-thinking "rebel woman" by admirers, and derided by critics as an advocate of politically motivated murder and violent revolution.Her writing and lectures spanned a wide variety of issues, including prisons, atheism, freedom of speech, militarism, capitalism, marriage, free love, and homosexuality. Although she distanced herself from first-wave feminism and its efforts toward women's suffrage, she developed new ways of incorporating gender politics into anarchism. After decades of obscurity, Goldman's iconic status was revived in the 1970s, when feminist and anarchist scholars rekindled popular interest in her life.
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July 2, 2024
a vegades toca tornar a casa i llegir els clàssics. 💆♀️🧘♀️🛀💐
August 27, 2025
em va encantar! llàstima d’errors d’edició bastant importants. el pròleg interessantíssim x situar relació entre l’emma goldman i l’anarquisme espanyol i català. la resta d’articles molt bé, em va fer pensar bastant el del control de la natalitat. hi ha aspectes en que no acabo de veure clar el punt de goldman, però ha estat un plaer llegir-la
April 15, 2024
Hi ha un bon parell de faltes d'ortografia i ortotipofràfiques, però es contingut molt bo.
October 22, 2025
Quin goig de llibre. Molt ben escollits els articles, traduïts amb cura i ben contextualitzat (ideal pel jovent dels territoris de parla catalana).
Si que és cert que s’ha de tenir en compte l’època en que ho escriu però quina meravella de selecció i ordre dels temes. Tot a través dels ulls d’aquesta donassa.
*També feia temps que cercava textos sobre Ferrer i Guàrdia i l’Escola Moderna i ha estat ideal per descobrir altres noms per on començar a llegir més.
Gràcies gent de la Ela Geminada!
Si que és cert que s’ha de tenir en compte l’època en que ho escriu però quina meravella de selecció i ordre dels temes. Tot a través dels ulls d’aquesta donassa.
*També feia temps que cercava textos sobre Ferrer i Guàrdia i l’Escola Moderna i ha estat ideal per descobrir altres noms per on començar a llegir més.
Gràcies gent de la Ela Geminada!
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