Russian Anarchism

[iNkursive]

Hi all.

So basically i'm totally new to this, but I have a paper to write entitled "What were the main ideas underpinning Russian Anarchism and account for the appeal of these ideas" and was after a bit of help etc. I've done a fair bit of reading around the subject, including 'The Russian Anarchists' by Paul Avrich, which seems like an excellent book, but i'm still a bit confused about the whole affair really. I've also ready 'The Anarchists' by James Joll, as well as a number of other random sources and some journals / articles and the like. I'm obviously not looking for someone to write this damn thing for me, but some general pointers / thoughts would be nice to get me going!

Not sure if this is the right place to be posting this, but lets hope so!

Thanks

[thelastindividual]

'Main ideas underpinning russian anarchism and account for the appeal'

Well you could read some of the theoretical works by anarchist thinkers. Try Kroptkin's consquest of bread:

The Conquest of Bread, Peter Kropotkin

I'm assuming you already know a bit about Mahkno and the Mahknovists in ukraine?

[Guest]

'Main ideas underpinning russian anarchism and account for the appeal'

Well you could read some of the theoretical works by anarchist thinkers. Try Kroptkin's consquest of bread:

The Conquest of Bread, Peter Kropotkin

I'm assuming you already know a bit about Mahkno and the Mahknovists in ukraine?

Thanks alot, this looks like it's going to be a great help !

Hmm I know a little, they were definitley mentioned in the Avrich book, but I'm not that familiar. I'll have a re-read / search on the web.

Cheers.

[patrickhenry]

http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/anarchist_archives/bakunin/BakuninCW.html

Bakunin also.

[Guest]

Thanks patrickhenry! would I be correct in thinking that Bakunin and Kropotkin were the two main figures for this movement?

[thelastindividual]

Would I be correct in thinking that Bakunin and Kropotkin were the two main figures for this movement?

Yeah, they're probably the two biggest russian anarchist thinkers from that time period, not to mention two of the biggest influences on the entire historical anarchist movement.

There's also a book by Emma Goldman you might want to check out called 'My disillusionment in Russia' which provides an anarchist perspective of the RR from someone who was actually there: http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/goldman/works/1920s/disillusionment/index.htm

[jack]

I just picked up Marxism And The Russian Anarchists, it doesn't look too bad.

Checka university library, they usually have awesome shit.

[Guest]

Yeh they do have some really decent stuff, problem is that all the copies are out because I think this is one of the more popular essay titles. Still, I have my own copy of Avrich which seems to be one of the key books so it's not too much of an issue really.