Bakunin

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Meaning

Russian anarchist; ally and later opponent of Karl Marx (1814-1876)

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You know what a miracle is. Not what Bakunin said. But another world's intrusion into this one. Most of the time we coexist peacefully, but when we do touch there's cataclysm. Thomas Pynchon

Bakunin was a strong supporter of the Commune, which was brutally suppressed by the French government. Source: Internet

Around this time the Russian embassy circulated rumours that Bakunin was a Russian agent who had exceeded his orders. Source: Internet

Bakunin similarly rejected the notion of any privileged position or class, since the social and economic inequality implied by class systems (as well as systems of national and gender oppression) were incompatible with individual freedom. Source: Internet

Bakunin retired to Lugano in 1873 and died in Bern on 1 July 1876. Source: Internet

An eight-volume complete works of Bakunin in English is to be published at some point in the future by AK Press ; according to Ramsey Kanaan these will likely be published yearly for eight years in hardcover format. Source: Internet

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