Making Sense of Anarchism Errico Malatesta's Experiments with Revolution, 1889–1900

by Turcato, Davide

• ISBN13: 9780230301795
• ISBN10: 0230301797
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-11-27
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Can we make sense of anarchism or is that an oxymoron? Guided by the principle that someone else's rationality is not an empirical finding but a methodological presumption, this book addresses that question as it investigates the ideas and action of one of the most prominent and underrated anarchists of all times: the Italian, Errico Malatesta.

Author Biography

DAVIDE TURCATO is Italian and lives in Vancouver, Canada. He is a computational linguist with an interest in history. He has published several articles on Errico Malatesta and Italian anarchism, and he is the editor of Malatesta's collected works, a ten-volume project currently under way in Italy.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction: Anarchism, a Simple and Odd Business?
The First International: A Lasting Heritage
An 'Anarchist Rarity' Reappears, 1889
A Short-Lived, Momentous Periodical, 1889–90
Opaque Insurrectionary Trials, 1890–92
Open-Ended Popular Movements, 1892–94
Patient Work in the Light of Day, 1894–98
From the Other Side of the Atlantic Ocean, 1899–1900
Malatesta's Anarchism: A Charitable Interpretation
Conclusion: A Complex, Rational Business
References