Italian anarchism, 1864-1892 / Nunzio Pernicone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pernicone, Nunzio, 1940-2013, author.

Contributor:

Pernicone, Nunzio, 1940-2013, inscriber.

Paul Avrich Collection (Library of Congress), contributor.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library ; 271

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anarchism--Italy--History--19th century.

Anarchism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (341 pages)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1993]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Historians have frequently portrayed Italian anarchism as a marginal social movement that was doomed to succumb to its own ideological contradictions once Italian society modernized. Challenging such conventional interpretations, Nunzio Pernicone provides a sympathetic but critical treatment of Italian anarchism that traces the movement's rise, transformation, and decline from 1864 to 1892. Based on original archival research, his book depicts the anarchists as unique and fascinating revolutionaries who were an important component of the Italian socialist left throughout the nineteenth century and beyond.Anarchism in Italy arose under the influence of the Russian revolutionary Bakunin, triumphed over Marxism as the dominant form of early Italian socialism, and supplanted Mazzinianism as Italy's revolutionary vanguard. After forming a national federation of the Anti-Authoritarian International in 1872, the Italian anarchists attempted several insurrections, but their organization was suppressed. By the 1880s the movement had become atomized, ideologically extreme, and increasingly isolated from the masses. Its foremost leader, Errico Malatesta, attempted repeatedly to revitalize the anarchists as a revolutionary force, but internal dissension and government repression stifled every resurgence and plunged the movement into decline. Even after their exclusion from the Italian Socialist Party in 1892, the anarchists remained an intermittently active and influential element on the Italian socialist left. As such, they continued to be feared and persecuted by every Italian government.Originally published in 1993.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

PART ONE: Bakunin and the Origins of Italian Anarchism

CHAPTER ONE. Bakunin and the Italians, 1864-1870

CHAPTER TWO. The Rise of the International in Italy, 1870-1872

PART TWO: The Italian International

CHAPTER THREE. The Italian Federation of the IWA, 1872-1874

CHAPTER FOUR. Insurrection and Repression, 1874-1876

CHAPTER FIVE. Resurgence and Insurrection, 1876-1877

CHAPTER SIX. The Twilight of the Italian International, 1877-1878

CHAPTER SEVEN. The Suppression of the Italian International, 1878-1880

PART THREE: Crisis, Transformation, and Decline

CHAPTER EIGHT. The Defection of Andrea Costa, 1879-1882

CHAPTER NINE. Crisis and Metamorphosis, 1879-1883

CHAPTER TEN. Struggling to Survive, 1883-1885

CHAPTER ELEVEN. Too Little, Too Late, 1885-1890

CHAPTER TWELVE. Malatesta and Resurgence, 1889-1891

CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Descent into Isolation, 1891-1892

Epilogue: 1892-1900

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-311) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-691-63268-5

0-691-60333-2

1-4008-6350-3

OCLC:

889250925