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| Author | Paul Eltzbacher |
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| Original title | Der Anarchismus |
| Translator | Steven T. Byington |
| Language | German |
| Subject | Anarchism |
| Publisher | Guttentag |
Publication date | 1900 |
| Publication place | Germany |
Published in English | 1908 |
| Pages | 305(German 1st ed.) 309(English 1st ed.) |
| OCLC | 1150798 |
Original text | Der Anarchismus atHathiTrust |
| Translation | Anarchism atHathiTrust |
Anarchism is book-length study of anarchism written byPaul Eltzbacher. It was originally published in 1900 and quickly translated into five languages, including English in 1908 bySteven T. Byington.
Eltzbacher gives straightforward descriptions of seven major figures in anarchism: Godwin, Proudhon, Stirner, Bakunin, Kropotkin, Tucker, and Tolstoy.[1] He is not a sympathetic critic.[1]
Originally published in 1900, Eltzbacher's book was quickly translated into Spanish (1901), French (1902), Russian (1903), and Dutch (1903).Steven T. Byington translated the English version for publication byBenjamin Tucker in 1908. The English translation was reprinted in 1960 by theLibertarian Book Club of New York. The reprint's editor preface provides a history of the book's publication and details on the author, translator, and publisher. But it also introduces errors, particularly in the Proudhon section.[2]
Eltzbacher'sAnarchism was among the most accessible compilations of anarchist writings in the early twentieth century.[1] It was and remains among the most read studies of the subject.[3]
Kropotkin himself, in his1910Encyclopædia Britannica article on "Anarchism", commended the book as the best and most fair work on the topic, written with a full knowledge of anarchist literature.[1]
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