L'anarchia

Anarchy is a slim book, just 54 pages altogether, of which the first 15 are the translator’s introduction. Malatesta’s style, though, is dense - arguments come thick and fast, but with extreme clarity. Of course, in such a short book, not everything can be examined in great depth. But as a brief, cl Leggi tutto

Κάποτε μάζευα σωρηδόν βιβλία του Ελεύθερου Τύπου. Τώρα, απλά στέκομαι μπροστά τους και αναρωτιέμαι: Ποιος ήταν, αλήθεια, εκείνος ο αναγνώστης τους; Πού να βρίσκεται τώρα; Απάντηση δεν έχω. Leggi tutto

It was pretty good, but nothing special. Kinda like a poor man's Bakunin (or Kropotkin in some sections). It suffers from the same problem that most lefty anarchist literature suffers from. Namely a vagueness about definitions of things like "private property," upon which the coherence of the entire Leggi tutto

Utopico e ripetitivo

I chose to give this book a 2 star for its great introduction into what government is, what Anarchy isn't, and for a comprehensive explanation of human nature. On the issue of Anarchy itself, or what should be called Socialist Anarchy, Malatesta's ideal is a revolution to take all private property a Leggi tutto

muy buen libro para las primeras aproximaciones a la teoría anarquista; sirve mucho para cuestionar las doctrinas de los filósofos contractualistas entre el s. XVII y s. XVIII (mención honorífica a los conceptos de la supuesta naturaleza humana que se nos ha impuesto creer, véase a Hobbes, John Lock Leggi tutto