Catéchisme révolutionnaire

by Mikhail Bakunin, Alexandre Lacroix (Foreword)

" La libert de chaque individu majeur, homme et femme doit tre absolue et complte, libert d'aller et de venir, de professer hautement toutes les opinions possibles, d'tre fainant ou actif, immoral ou moral, de disposer en un mot de sa personne. "

Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy

64 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1866

About the author

Russian anarchist and political theorist Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin, imprisoned and later exiled to Siberia for his considered revolutionary activities, escaped to London in 1861, opposed Communism of Karl Marx.

People often called Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin (Russian: Михаи́л Алекса́ндрович Баку́нин), a philosopher, the father of collectivism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail...

Reviews

[Nick · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fairly comprehensive political manifesto. The key difference between Bakunin and other libertarians is that autonomous communes in federation replace the state rather than individual proprietors or private covenant communities. The USSR however was supposed to be governed by Soviets and even had a constitutional right of secession that nonetheless depended on the legal process controlled by the party so can’t be a top down thing.

[John Patch · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating read on the idea of a world revolution. If you want to understand the European revolts of 1848 from one of its writers and advocates, I would suggest this short read. Though the translation to English is rather cumbersome, the author's writing and ideas are clear and to the point.

[Крюкокрест · Rating 1 out of 5]

Единственный труд, где можно найти хоть сколько-нибудь конкретную позитивную политическую программу Бакунина. И получилась она довольно несуразной. Начиная от сразу возникающего вопроса: допустимо пойти "освободительной" войной на добровольную коммуну, в которой однако действует институт наследования, а значит, по бакунинской логике она несвободна, - и заканчивая явным противоречием между правом "по своему усмотрению распоряжаться своей личностью и своим имуществом, не отдавая в этом никому отчета" и принципом имущественного равенства всех и вся. И так во всем.

Впрочем, полезно прочесть как краткое изложение идеала анархистов: мир без Бога, любого авторитета, иерархии, с общечеловеком без рода и сословия, оторванным от почвы и крови настолько, насколько это возможно.

[Brian Mikołajczyk · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mikhail Bakunin introduces his prescription for a revolution. He is an anarcho-syndicalist who believes States should be abolished in favor of communes.
While his anarcho-syndicalism is well expounded, he speaks of liberty too often. The liberty of communes to decide how they organize and govern themselves without any outside interference. Of course this doesn't mean that a commune could organize in a non-syndicalist fashion; violence is not off the table.
A decent read about his theories.

[Léa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Le programme de la société secrète de Bakounine dans l’Internationale.
Une lecture courte et intéressante pour comprendre les éléments clefs de ses idées politiques. Le livre est un peu brouillon parfois.

[Romain · Rating 2 out of 5]

Un peu déçu, je conseille plutôt de lire Kropotkine.

[Lucas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sacré saint, ce livre est ma bible, mon dieu est libre