This classic comparative study examines the thoughts of 7 major writers — Godwin, Proudhon, Stirner, Bakunin, Kropotkin, Tucker, and Tolstoy — on the subject of anarchy, using their own words to define the concept of anarchism, with subsidiary investigations of their ideology on the subjects of law, the state, and property. Unabridged republication of Anarchism: Exponents of the Anarchist Philosophy, published by Benjamin R. Tucker, New York, 1908.
Anarchism: A Collection of Revolutionary Writings by Peter Kropotkin Includes "Law and Authority," arguing social control through custom and education, and "Prisons and Their Moral Influence on Prisoners," expressing the evils of the prison system, and other documents.
The ABC of Anarchism by Alexander Berkman, Paul Avrich, Emma Goldman This book by one of the most gifted writers for the anarchist movement answers some of the charges made against it and presents the case for communist anarchism clearly and intelligently.
Anarchism and Other Essays by Emma Goldman 12 essays by the influential radical include "Marriage and Love," "The Hypocrisy of Puritanism," "The Traffic in Women," Anarchism," and "The Psychology of Political Violence."
Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution by Peter Kropotkin In a work of stunning and well-reasoned scholarship, a famous anarchist posits that the most effective human and animal communities are essentially cooperative, rather than competitive. A powerful counterpoint to the tenets of Social Darwinism.
The Ego and His Own: The Case of the Individual Against Authority by Max Stirner, Steven T. Byington, James J. Martin This prophetic 1844 work challenges the very notion of a common good as the driving force of civilization. It offers burning indictments of philosophers, Christianity, monarchism, and the bourgeois state.
The Revolution Betrayed by Leon Trotsky, Max Eastman One of Marxism's most important texts, this 1936 polemic explores the fate of the Russian Revolution after Lenin's death. A brilliant and profound evaluation of Stalinism, it prophesies the inevitable collapse of the Soviet Union.
