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Demanding the Impossible Peter Marshall

Demanding the Impossible By Peter Marshall

Demanding the Impossible by Peter Marshall


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Summary

Anarchism is a philosophical and political creed which many have subscribed to and for which many have been persecuted by other ideologies. There have been anarchist-inspired revolutions but anarchism's power tends to be in the lone protestor. This book looks at the history of anarchism.

Demanding the Impossible Summary

Demanding the Impossible by Peter Marshall

Anarchism is a philosophical and political creed which many individuals have subscribed to over the centuries, and for which many have been persecuted by other more authoritive ideologies like fascism and state socialism. There have been anarchist-inspired revolutions - in Spain, in the Ukraine, in Mexico - which have in turn led to (however short-lived) anarchist administrations. But anarchism's power has, first and foremost, been the power of the lone protestor, the dissenter who is unafraid to expose himself to reprisal for the sake of preaching the real gospel of liberty, equality and fraternity which so many so-called revolutionaries usually leave in tatters once they graduate from barricades to corridors of power. The author argues that the spirit of anarchism is in the voice of Tolstoy, of Gandhi, of Bakunin and of Godwin, of Camus and of Chomsky.

About Peter Marshall

Peter Marshall is a historian, philosopher, biographer and travel writer. He has written fifteen books, has taught at several British universities and occasionally works in broadcasting. He lives in Devon.

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GOR013794546
9780002178556
0002178559
Demanding the Impossible by Peter Marshall
Used - Well Read
Hardback
HarperCollins Publishers
1992-01-20
778
N/A
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