English Translation of a Book on Bakunin

Funding for the English translation of Liberdade ou Morte: teoria e prática de Mikhail Bakunin [Freedom or Death: the theory and practice of Mikhail Bakunin], by Felipe Corrêa

We are organizing this crowdfunding to translate into English the book Liberdade ou Morte: teoria e prática de Mikhail Bakunin [Freedom or Death: the theory and practice of Mikhail Bakunin], written by Brazilian researcher Felipe Corrêa.

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Fruit of many years of research, the book is an interdisciplinary study of more than 600 pages of the work and life of the Russian revolutionary Mikhail Aleksandrovitch Bakunin (1814-1876). More specifically, it formalizes and discusses Bakunin's political theory produced between 1836 and 1876, anchoring it in the author's political-intellectual trajectory and in the context that surrounded his existence. It is a very complete history of Bakunin's political thought, which encompasses all of his writings, his most important letters, and dialogues with his main commentators.

It belongs among the works of authors sympathetic to anarchism, which, without losing their critical capacity, have been increasingly frequent and which, after the publication of the Complete Works of Bakunin - in 2000, by the International Institute of Social History (Amsterdam) - have been taking a renewed breath. Contrary to several Marxist and Liberal studies, and even some of these sympathetic authors, the author sustains in this work that Bakunin makes relevant contributions to the field of political theory; systematically exposing them and dividing them into three major periods, in order to situate them historically and to make understanding its development and its changes possible. Furthermore, he argues that, if properly periodized, this political theory has considerable coherence, both internally and in relation to Bakunin's political practice.

This book has been a sales success in Brazil and there is nothing like it published in English. By supporting this initiative you can help bring this great contribution to other readers! The translation, which will be done by a very competent partner, is well below the market price. It is also a militant effort on his part. Conversations with publishers with good distribution networks have already started in order to make the book available soon.

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SUMMARY OF THE BOOK

Note on the translations and quotation of Bakunin's Complete Works

INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1

“BAKUNIN'S LIFE AND IDEAS ARE WORTH A THOROUGH REEXAMINATION”

1.1 BAKUNIN IN THE 20TH CENTURY ...

1.1.1 Approaches by Marxist authors ...

1.1.2 Approaches by Liberal authors ...

1.1.3 Approaches by authors sympathetic to anarchism ...

1.2 THE BAKUNINIAN CORPUS ...

1.3 BAKUNIN IN THE 21st CENTURY ...

1.4 BAKUNIN IN BRAZIL ...

1.5 BIBLIOGRAPHIC SYNTHESIS ...

1.6 METHODOLOGICAL FEATURES: FOR A HISTORY OF BAKUNIN'S POLITICAL THOUGHT ...

PART I

FROM PHILOSOPHY TO PRAXIS

(1836-1843)

Chapter 2

“THE PASSION FOR DESTRUCTION IS A CREATIVE PASSION”: FROM PHILOSOPHY TO PRAXIS (1814-1843)

2.1 RUSSIA, THE BAKUNINS, FIRST YEARS IN PREMUKHINO AND SAINT PETERSBURG (1814-1835) ...

2.2 PHILOSOPHY AND STANKEVITCH'S CIRCLE IN MOSCOW (1836-1840) ...

2.3 THE HEGELIAN LEFT IN GERMANY (1840-1842) ...

2.4 COMMUNISM IN SWITZERLAND (1843) ...

2.5 BAKUNINIAN POLITICAL THEORY BETWEEN 1836 AND 1843 ...

2.5.1 Fichtean period (1836-1837) ...

2.5.2 First Hegelian period (1837-1840) ...

2.5.3 Second Hegelian period (1841-1842) ...

2.5.4 Moment of departure from philosophy (1843) ...

Chapter 3

LOVE-FREEDOM AND EMANCIPATION (1836-1837)

3.1 INTERIOR WORLD AND EXTERIOR WORLD ...

3.2 GOD AND RELIGION OF HUMANITY: ANTHROPOCENTRIC IMMANENTISM ...

3.3 RATIONAL ETHICAL ACTION ...

Chapter 4

ALIENATION VERSUS RECONCILIATION WITH REALITY AND THEORY-PRACTICE UNITY (1837-1840)

4.1 KNOWLEDGE, SUBJECTIVISM AND ALIENATION ...

4.2 REALITY AND THEORY-PRACTICE ...

4.3 CRITICAL-DIALETIC METHOD ...

4.4 PHILOSOPHY OF ACTION AND EDUCATION ...

Chapter 5

THEORY OF REVOLUTION AND NEGATIVE DIALECTICS (1841-1842)

5.1 NEGATIVE DIALETICS: REVOLUTIONARY THEORY OF HISTORY ...

5.2 EUROPE, EARLY 1840s: CONTRADICTIONS, REVOLUTIONARY CRISIS AND DECOMPOSITION OF THE OLD WORLD ...

5.3 REACTIONARY PARTY AND DEMOCRATIC PARTY ...

5.4 NEGATIVE DIALETICS: REVOLUTIONARY LOGIC ...

Chapter 6

PRIMACY OF PRACTICE AND SELF-GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE (1843)

6.1 INSUFFICIENCY OF PHILOSOPHY, NEW THEORY AND CONCRETE PRACTICE ...

6.2 RADICALISM AND COMMUNISM ...

PART II

REVOLUTIONARY PAN-SLAVISM

(1844-1863)

Chapter 7

“FREEDOM, EQUALITY AND THE FRATERNITY OF NATIONS”: REVOLUTIONARY PAN-SLAVISM (1843-1863)

7.1 SOCIALISM AND THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT IN THE

SWITZERLAND-BELGIUM-FRANCE TRIANGLE  (1843-1845) ...

7.2 THE RUSSIAN-POLISH CAUSE IN PARIS AND BRUSSELS (1845-1848) ...

7.3 THE FEBRUARY REVOLUTION AND INTERNATIONALIZATION (1848) ...

7.4 SLAVISM AND NATIONAL LIBERATION IN THE

AUSTRIA-POLAND-PRUSSIA TRIANGLE (1848-1849) ...

7.5 PRISONS, EXILE AND ESCAPE (1849-1861) ...

7.6 RESUMPTION OF THE SLAVIC CAUSE IN LONDON AND FRUSTRATION

WITH THE POLISH INSURRECTION (1862-1863) ...

7.7 BAKUNINIAN POLITICAL THEORY BETWEEN 1844 AND 1863 ...

7.7.1 Pan-Slavic revolutionary period (1844-1863) ...

Chapter 8

STATE, NATION- RACE AND IMPERIALISM (1844-1863)

8.1 THE EUROPE OF THE YEARS 1848-1849, CONTEXT OF THE PEOPLE'S SPRING ...

8.2 SOCIAL CLASSES, STATE, NATION-RACE AND IMPERIALISM ...

8.3 POLITICAL POWER AND SOCIAL STRATIFICATION IN IMPERIAL RUSSIA ...

8.4 NATIONAL OPPRESSION OF RUSSIAN AND NON-RUSSIAN SLAVS ...

Chapter 9

NATIONAL LIBERATION AND PEOPLES’ SELF-DETERMINATION (1844-1863)

9.1 PAN-SLAVISM, NATIONALISM AND PATRIOTISM ...

9.2 REVOLUTION AND SLAV FEDERATION: FROM THE OLD TO THE NEW WORLD ...

9.3 CENTRALISM, DICTATORSHIP, ROLE OF THE TZAR AND THE BOURGEOISIE

IN THE EMANCIPATION OF SLAVS AND ANTI-GERMANISM ...

PART III

FROM SOCIALISM TO ANARCHISM

(1864-1876)

Chapter 10

“FREEDOM WITHOUT SOCIALISM IS PRIVILEGE, INJUSTICE; SOCIALISM WITHOUT FREEDOM IS SLAVERY AND BRUTALITY ”: FROM SOCIALISM TO ANARCHISM (1864-1876)

10.1 INTERNATIONAL FRATERNITY: SOCIALISM, FEDERALISM

AND ANTI-THEOLOGISM IN ITALY (1864-1867) ...

10.2 ANARCHISM, ALLIANCE AND INTERNATIONAL IN SWITZERLAND (1867-1876) ...

10.2.1 Socialism, federalism and anti-theology: International League of Peace and Freedom in Switzerland ...

10.2.2 Public Alliance, Secret Alliance and the International Workers' Association ...

10.2.3 Netchaiev, the Lyon Commune and Paris Commune ...

10.2.4 The International: sections, representation and General Council ...

10.2.5 Conflicts with Utin, Mazzini, Marx and the General Council ...

10.2.6 Final years ...

10.3 BAKUNINIAN POLITICAL THEORY BETWEEN 1864 AND 1876 ...

10.3.1 Revolutionary socialist period (1864-1876) ...

10.3.2 Passage to anarchism (1868) ...

Chapter 11

SCIENTIFIC-NATURALIST MATERIALISM, SCIENCE AND FREEDOM (1864-1876)

11.1 NATURE-MATTER AND SCIENCE ...

11.2 ANIMALITY AND HUMANITY ...

11.3 GENESIS OF RELIGION: DIVINE AUTHORITY AND HUMAN AUTHORITY ...

11.4 DIFFERENT FORMS OF IDEALISM ...

11.5 FREEDOM, SOCIETY AND THE INDIVIDUAL ...

Chapter 12

HISTORY, SOCIAL FORCE AND DOMINATION (1867-1876)

12.1 HISTORY AND SOCIETY ...

12.2 SOCIAL FORCES AND CONFLICT ...

12.2.1 Forces at play in the Franco-Prussian War ...

12.3 DOMINATION, SOCIAL CLASSES AND CLASS STRUGGLE ...

12.4 THE STATIST-CAPITALIST SYSTEM: DOMINATION AT ALL LEVELS ...

12.4.1 The modern state: imperialism, physical coercion, bureaucratic domination ...

12.4.2 Capitalism: exploitation of labor ...

12.4.3 The statist-capitalist system and other mechanisms of legitimation ...

12.4.4 Historic rise of the modern state, bureaucracy, capitalism and the bourgeoisie ...

12.4.5 Pan-Germanic imperialism and the Slavs ...

Chapter 13

SOCIAL REVOLUTION, MASS ORGANIZATION AND CADRE ORGANIZATION (1868-1876)

13.1 DESTRUCTION-CONSTRUCTION DIALECTICS: COLLECTIVIST-FEDERALIST SOCIALISM AND SOCIAL REVOLUTION ...

13.2 SOCIAL FORCE, ORGANIZATION AND FEDERALISM ...

13.3 MASS ORGANIZATION: THE INTERNATIONAL ...

13.3.1 Constitutive aspects, emancipatory objectives, internationalist and mass character ...

13.3.2 Economic struggle and practical education of the class struggle ...

13.3.3 Professional sections and central sections ...

13.3.4 National liberation struggles and anti-imperialism ...

13.4 CADRE ORGANIZATION: THE ALLIANCE ...

13.4.1 The need for a complementary organizational level ...

13.4.2 Constitutive aspects, general and specific objectives, internationalist and cadre character ...

13.4.3 Principles, program and conduct criteria ...

13.5 DICTATORSHIP OF ALLIES AND ANTI-SEMITISM ...

Final considerations

“IN POLITICS THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY OF HONEST AND USEFUL PRACTICE WITHOUT A THEORY”: AN ASSESSMENT OF BAKUNIN'S POLITICAL THEORY AND TRAJECTORY

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES

Annex I: BAKUNIN'S WRITINGS (1837-1876)

Annex II: BAKUNIN'S PERIODIZATION, THEORETICAL AND POLITICAL POSITIONS (1836-1876)

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ORIGINAL PHD THESIS (IN PORTUGUESE) WITH THE TEXT OF THE BOOK

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