The authors examine the various currents of anarchism in fin-de-siècle Hungary. They stress that the anarchist and democratic movements echoed each other and, to some extent, developed in a reciprocal relationship.
The Budapest Commune of 1919 has been neglected by the historians of anarchism, yet it provides An important and fascinating case study of the anarchist movement at a crucial historical moment.
The seminal history and analysis of the Hungarian Revolution and the workers' councils. Perhaps the single most important revolutionary event ever, and simply the best book on it.
The writings in this volume reveal to English readers a powerful current of thought in Hungary through World War I, illustrating both the diversity of thought in Central Europe and the kinship between eastern and western concern.
The contemporary anarchist world, including the idea of secession as it flourishes in "Bernie Sanders' Vermont," is outlined in these collected writings of an AFL-CIO union officer, laborer, journalist and anarchist organizer.
This book investigates the possibilities of cooperation between the humanities and the social sciences in the analysis of 20th century and contemporary utopian phenomena.
This volume, a classic of its time, discusses the tragic evolution of European politics from 1870-1914.
In this sparkling new work, Benedict Anderson provides a radical recasting of themes from Imagined Communities, his classic book on nationalism, through an exploration of fin-de-siecle politics and culture that spans the Caribbean, Imperial ...
In Raids on Human Consciousness Arthur Redding examines the contention that violence, be it the mass product of revolutionary uprising or a private sadomasochistic indulgence, may be taken to instill in those who commit it the capacity for ...
Analyzes the result of the trouncing of progressive idealism in 1919. Shows how the collapse of President Wilson's brand of liberalism, the failure of the very individual Marxist experiments in...
Every now and then, things explode. Riots, uprisings, revolutions, new and bizarre social groups spring up seemingly from nowhere.