Revolution and the State: Anarchism in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939

ISBN-13: 9781138063143 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 230 str.

Danny Evans

Opis

This book analyses the processes of revolution and state reconstruction that took place in the Republican zone during the Spanish civil war. It focuses on the radical anarchists that sought to advance the revolutionary agenda. Their activity came into conflict with the libertarian organisations committed to the reconstruction of the Republican state following its near collapse in July 1936. Using original sources, the book shows that the opposition to this process was both broader and more ideologically consistent than has hitherto been assumed, and that, in spite of its heterogeneity, it united around a common revolutionary programme.

Recenzje

"By drawing our attention to the various ways in which anarchist radicals challenged pro-statist elements in their own movement, the author has ably defended one of his working assumptions, namely that such resistance was more substantial and coherently expressed than previous historians have allowed for in their analysis of republican affairs" - George Esenwein, University of Florida, Anarchist Studies

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Spanish Anarchists and the Republican State, 1931-1936  2. Revolution and the State, July – December 1936  3. Radical Anarchism: Programme and Alliance, January – April 1937  4. May 1937: From a Second July to the ‘Spanish Kronstadt’  5. The Spanish Revolution in Retreat, May – December 1937  6. The Experience of Defeat, 1937-1939  Conclusion  Appendix: Recurring Personages  Bibliography

O autorze

Danny Evans is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for the History of Ibero-America at the University of Leeds. He has published on anarchism and anti-fascism in a special issue of the International Journal of Iberian Studies that he co-edited with James Michael Yeoman on "New Approaches to Spanish Anarchism" (2016). His interests include the anarchist commitment to internationalism and gender equality in Spain, and the post-revolutionary experiences of defeat and exile.