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Bakunin Kitabı: Seçme Yazılar 1869-1871
Bu derleme, anarşizm akımının kurucularından Bakunin’in üç yıllık bir zaman dilimi içerisinde ürettiği, birbiriyle tutarlı ve bütünlüklü yazılardan oluşmaktadır. Bakunin’in Avrupa’daki etkisinin tepe noktasında olduğu bir döneme ait olan ve Türkçede ilk kez yayımlanan bu metinler onun anarşist felsefesinin anlaşılması açısından merkezi öneme sahiptir. Daha çok eylemciliği, hiç gevşemeyen isyan ve devrim tutkusuyla tanınan düşünürün Alman idealist felsefesiyle başlayıp anarşizme evrilen düşünce serüvenini belgeleyen bu kitap, onun devrimci hareketin gelişmesinde Enternasyonal’in rolüne, devrimci bir örgütün teorik ve pratik yönelimlerine dair düşüncelerini serimlerken, kutsal addedilen kimi kavram ve kurumların iç yüzünü ve neye/kime hizmet ettiğini de o sarsıcı üslubuyla okura aktarmaktadır.
Tarihsel nedenlerden dolayı ve kıyaslama yararlı bir açıklama yöntemi olduğu için Bakunin’in kimi fikirlerini Marx’ın fikirleriyle karşılaştırmak ilginç olacaktır. Bu açıdan, Cutler’ın Bakunin ile Marx’ı karşılaştırdığı Giriş yazısı, bu iki yaklaşımın aslında birbirini bütünlediği ve birlikte ele alındığı zaman verimli bakış açıları sağladığı yollu belirlemesi, üzerinde durmayı ve tartışılmayı hak etmektedir.
Tarihsel nedenlerden dolayı ve kıyaslama yararlı bir açıklama yöntemi olduğu için Bakunin’in kimi fikirlerini Marx’ın fikirleriyle karşılaştırmak ilginç olacaktır. Bu açıdan, Cutler’ın Bakunin ile Marx’ı karşılaştırdığı Giriş yazısı, bu iki yaklaşımın aslında birbirini bütünlediği ve birlikte ele alındığı zaman verimli bakış açıları sağladığı yollu belirlemesi, üzerinde durmayı ve tartışılmayı hak etmektedir.
368 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1985
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About the author
Robert M. Cutler
5 books3 followersDr. Robert M. Cutler is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of European, Russian & Eurasian Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Coherence and Emergence, Boston, and Non-Resident Scholar at the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis, Dubai. Educated at MIT (B.Sc.), Geneva Graduate Institute of International Studies (Gallatin Fellow), and the University of Michigan (Ph.D.), he has held research and teaching appointments across the United States, Canada, France, Switzerland, and Russia. His work spans international relations, comparative politics, political philosophy, energy security, and geo-economics, consulting for governments, think tanks, international institutions, and the private sector, with expertise in negotiation, strategy, planning, and implementation. He has received numerous research grants and fellowships, serves on multiple editorial boards, and maintains a strong scholarly and policy-focused presence.
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June 2, 2013
A collection of articles and speeches Bakunin wrote for the IWMA, essentially journalistic propaganda. It's tempting to compare him to his great rival Marx. I don't know if this is a typical style for Bakunin, and of course Marx wrote great journalism, but it's interesting how far these pages are from philosophy or political economy. They pertain to the struggle, and passion, will and organization are constant themes. There's no dry economic theory here.
A few topics are constantly circled around: the need to draw an uncompromising line against the bourgeoisie (spiritually dead since 1848) and all states; to root out all nationalism and patriotism in favor of international solidarity. Pretty basic stuff, or is it? Given the tendency to blind group loyalty we often see among radicals.
It's curious how much emphasis Bakunin puts on eliminating the right of inheritance as a means to equalizing conditions, abolishing classes and the "juridical family." There's also much attention to education and the need to destroy all current forms of schooling, as well as guard against all hierarchies based on the authority of knowledge - something we practically never encounter in Marx.
It seems it was hard to write as an educated European in the middle of the 19th century without falling prey to a certain amount of scientism, though, and fascination with Darwin. Some passages reek of a pretty crude naturalism and materialism, with the flip side being a sometimes naive humanism. Bakunin is best when telling us to throw ourselves into the fight with a spirit that is both animal and human, or perhaps neither.
A few topics are constantly circled around: the need to draw an uncompromising line against the bourgeoisie (spiritually dead since 1848) and all states; to root out all nationalism and patriotism in favor of international solidarity. Pretty basic stuff, or is it? Given the tendency to blind group loyalty we often see among radicals.
It's curious how much emphasis Bakunin puts on eliminating the right of inheritance as a means to equalizing conditions, abolishing classes and the "juridical family." There's also much attention to education and the need to destroy all current forms of schooling, as well as guard against all hierarchies based on the authority of knowledge - something we practically never encounter in Marx.
It seems it was hard to write as an educated European in the middle of the 19th century without falling prey to a certain amount of scientism, though, and fascination with Darwin. Some passages reek of a pretty crude naturalism and materialism, with the flip side being a sometimes naive humanism. Bakunin is best when telling us to throw ourselves into the fight with a spirit that is both animal and human, or perhaps neither.
August 9, 2025
Don't act anarchically. A group of supporters and demonstrators committed anarchic acts. Apparently, anarchism is currently being used as a narrative for those who cause unrest. Why not use the word vandalism? In fact, anarchism is an ideology championed by a true revolutionist named Mikhail Bakunin.
The book I just finished reading is a collection of Bakunin's writings while he was traveling the world. He wrote and expressed his opinions about state and religious authority, which often become killing machines and vast graves for society.
Bakunin's ideal in his writings was to abolish the state, because no state is good and moral. All are merely hypocrisies to control regional (state) boundaries created by capitalists.
One of the most interesting aspects of his writing is his exposure of a man highly revered by communists, Karl Marx. Marx was a capitalist communist and a man obsessed with self-respect. Bakunin criticized Marx's communists as if he were no different from modern capitalists.
#LabourGodPoliticsState #GodAndState #MikhailBakunin #LibertyLiteracy #LiberatingMinds #NoClassNoBorder #NoStateNoBorder #Anarcism
The book I just finished reading is a collection of Bakunin's writings while he was traveling the world. He wrote and expressed his opinions about state and religious authority, which often become killing machines and vast graves for society.
Bakunin's ideal in his writings was to abolish the state, because no state is good and moral. All are merely hypocrisies to control regional (state) boundaries created by capitalists.
One of the most interesting aspects of his writing is his exposure of a man highly revered by communists, Karl Marx. Marx was a capitalist communist and a man obsessed with self-respect. Bakunin criticized Marx's communists as if he were no different from modern capitalists.
#LabourGodPoliticsState #GodAndState #MikhailBakunin #LibertyLiteracy #LiberatingMinds #NoClassNoBorder #NoStateNoBorder #Anarcism
July 15, 2017
While I very much appreciate what Bakunin has to say, the man's prose lacks something, or rather everything. Not that 19th century political philosophy is exactly known for being lively and readable, but this work is particularly dry, to the point where reading it is a chore. Still, fine enough ideas, once you wade through the painful prose.
April 10, 2020
A collection of Bakunin's writings, arranged thematically giving insight into his thinking. Worked for me as an introduction to the man, the recurring themes through the works highlighting the core pillars of his views. His arguments may not stand up to scrutiny or hindsight, but there's an intensity that you only get from a primary source.
February 28, 2024
A pretty good selection of Bakunin’s writings that were previously out of print in English translation
August 11, 2012
An interesting if not erratic collection of essays. These essays are most valuable for placing the development of Bakunin's thought in the context of the political struggles within the International Workingmen's Association.
June 29, 2017
Much of this is relevant, especially today. But the sad part is reading all the complete assurance that the end was just around the corner and socialism was certain to rise. To an extent, it has, but only partway, and capitalism is more poisonously powerful than ever.
September 21, 2019
Lo considero un muy buen libro porque no es fácil lo que hizo el autor: resumir el pensamiento del anarquista ruso Bakunin en una especie de textos introductorios para quienes desconocen su figura o la historia del anarquismo.
April 22, 2009
Who needs arguments when you've got verve?
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