Social Histories of Anarchism

• Published in: Journal for the study of radicalism Vol. 4; no. 2; pp. 1 - 44
• Main Author: LEVY, CARL
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: East Lansing Michigan State University Press 01.10.2010
• Subjects: Anarchism; Eighteenth Century; Europe; History instruction; Ideologies; Libertarianism; Libertarians; Peasant class; Political economy; Political revolutions; Radicalism; Revolutionary syndicalism; Social activism; Social History; Social movements; Social sciences; Socialism; Society; SPECIAL SECTION: ANARCHISM; Syndicalism; Terrorism

This article is a synoptic overview of a larger project on the social histories of anarchism from the eighteenth century to the present. The specific themes of this article are a discussion of the periodization of anarchism as an ism, an ideology originating in nineteenth-century Europe, and its rel...