Anarchism: What It Really Stands For Anarchism: What It Really Stands For

Anarchism: What It Really Stands For

    • 5.0 • 2 Ratings
    • $2.99
    • $2.99

Publisher Description

THE history of human growth and development is at the same time the history of the terrible struggle of every new idea heralding the approach of a brighter dawn. In its tenacious hold on tradition, the Old has never hesitated to make use of the foulest and cruelest means to stay the advent of the New, in whatever form or period the latter may have asserted itself. Nor need we retrace our steps into the distant past to realize the enormity of opposition, difficulties, and hardships placed in the path of every progressive idea. The rack, the thumbscrew, and the knout are still with us; so are the convict’s garb and the social wrath, all conspiring against the spirit that is serenely marching on.

Anarchism could not hope to escape the fate of all other ideas of innovation. Indeed, as the most revolutionary and uncompromising innovator, Anarchism must needs meet with the combined ignorance and venom of the world it aims to reconstruct.

To deal even remotely with all that is being said and done against Anarchism would necessitate the writing of a whole volume. I shall therefore meet only two of the principal objections. In so doing, I shall attempt to elucidate what Anarchism really stands for.

The strange phenomenon of the opposition to Anarchism is that it brings to light the relation between so-called intelligence and ignorance. And yet this is not so very strange when we consider the relativity of all things. The ignorant mass has in its favor that it makes no pretense of knowledge or tolerance. Acting, as it always does, by mere impulse, its reasons are like those of a child. “Why?” “Because.”

GENRE
Nonfiction
RELEASED
2012
April 1
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
48
Pages
PUBLISHER
Library of Alexandria
SELLER
The Library of Alexandria
SIZE
277.3
KB

More Books Like This

Anarchism Anarchism
2012
Egalitarianism as a Revolt Against Nature and Other Essays Egalitarianism as a Revolt Against Nature and Other Essays
2010
The World's Greatest Books volume 14: Philosophy and Economics [Abridgements] The World's Greatest Books volume 14: Philosophy and Economics [Abridgements]
1969
Works of Emma Goldman Works of Emma Goldman
2013
Political Ideals Political Ideals
2016
An Answer to the Question: 'What is Enlightenment?' An Answer to the Question: 'What is Enlightenment?'
2013

More Books by Emma Goldman

Anarchism and Other Essays Anarchism and Other Essays
1940
Marriage and Love Marriage and Love
1940
My Disillusionment in Russia My Disillusionment in Russia
2022
Anarchism and Other Essays Anarchism and Other Essays
2011
50+ Classic collection. Political science 50+ Classic collection. Political science
2023
Living My Life Living My Life
1977