Mikhail Bakunin : the philosophical basis of his theory of anarchism / / Paul McLaughlin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910828700203321
• Autore: McLaughlin Paul
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Algora Publishing, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (280 pages)
• Disciplina: 335'.83; 335/.83
• Soggetti: Anarchism - Philosophy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; Bakunin as Philosopher?; Marxist Analysis; Liberal Analysis; Two Further Considerations; The Structure of the Essay; Notes to Introduction; PART ONE:BAKUNIN'S DIALECTIC AND THE CRITIQUE OF SPECULATION; 1.1 The Reaction in Germany: Freedom and its Opponents; 1.2 The Reaction in Context; 1.3 Democracy and Revolution; 1.4 Revolution and Metaphysics; 1.5 Consistent and 'Mediating' Reaction; 1.6 Objections; 1.7 Historical Logics: Bakunin and Kuhn; 1.8 Popular Revolution; 1.9 The Negative Dialectic; 1.10 Toward Revolutionary Action; 1.11 Preface to Hegel's Gymnasial Lectures: Toward Naturalism; 1.12 Negation: Bakunin and Bauer; 1.13 Bakunin and Proudhon: Toward Anarchism; Notes to Part One; PART TWO:BAKUNIN'S NATURALISM AND THE CRITIQUE OF THEOLOGISM; 2.1 The Totality of Nature; 2.2 'Dialectics' and 'Materialism'; 2.3 Natural Order and the 'Divine Legislator'; 2.4 The Totality of Science; 2.5 The Logic of Materialism; 2.6 The Genesis of Religion; 2.7 Reason, Freedom, and History; 2.8 Fetishism, Polytheism, and Monotheism; 2.9 The Development of Christianity; 2.10 Christianity, Reason, and Freedom; 2.11 Forms of Christian Faith; 2.12 Bakunin and Kant; 2.13 Bakunin and Hegel; 2.14 Bakunin and Feuerbach: On Religion; 2.15 Interlude: Bakunin and Marx; 2.16 Bakunin and Feuerbach: On Philosophy; 2.17 Interlude: Bakunin and Marx Revisited; 2.18 Bakunin and Feuerbach: On Naturalism; 2.19 Bakunin and Comte; Notes to Part Two; CONCLUSION; ; Notes to Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index of Names
• Sommario/riassunto: Bakunin as Philosopher? The first English-language philosophical study of Mikhail Bakunin, this book examines the philosophical foundations of Bakunin's social thought. It is concerned not so much with the explication of his anarchist position, as such, a