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Theory, History, Legacies

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May 19, 2023 | History

Anarchism in Hungary

Theory, History, Legacies

Anarchism in Hungary? One looks in vain for mention of Hungarians in the histories of anarchism by George Woodcock, Daniel Guerin, Marshall Shatz, or Peter Marshall. During the heyday of anarchism, which may be dated from Mikhail Bakunin's activities in Italy in the 1860s to the Spanish revolution and civil war of 1936–1939, the centers of the anarchist movement were in Latin Europe. This may have been because of small production units, lingering guild traditions, or even the lack of an experience of Reformation, which gave special effect to anticlerical and atheist propaganda. Despite his early enthusiasm for German philosophy, Bakunin the anarchist came to consider it natural that Latin Europe should be the most fertile field for anarchist propaganda. The Latin (and Slavic) peoples were lovers of freedom, as opposed to the Teutonic passion for regimentation, metaphysics, and…

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Anarchism in Hungary: Theory, History, Legacies
2006, Center for Hungarian Studies and Publications, Inc.
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Anarchism in Hungary: Theory, History, Legacies
2006, Social Science Monographs, Distributed by Columbia University Press
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Anarchism in Hungary: theory, history, legacies
2005, Social Science Monographs
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Anarchism in Hungary: Theory, History, Legacies
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Cover of: Az anarchizmus elmélete és magyarországi története
Az anarchizmus elmélete és magyarországi története
1994, Cserépfalvi Kiadása
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
Page 1
PART ONE:. ANARCHIST SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY
Page 7
1. Types of Anarchism: an Analytical Framework
Page 7
1.1. Individualism versus Collectivism
Page 9
1.2. Moral versus Political Ways to Social Revolution
Page 11
1.3. Religion versus Antireligion
Page 12
1.4. Violence versus Nonviolence
Page 13
1.5. Rationalism versus Romanticism
Page 16
2. The Essential Features of Anarchism
Page 19
2.1. Power: Social versus Political Order
Page 19
2.2. From Anthropological Optimism to Revolution
Page 21
2.3. Anarchy
Page 22
2.4. Anarchist Mentality
Page 24
3. Critiques of Anarchism
Page 27
3.1. How Could Institutions of Just Rule Exist?
Page 27
3.2. The Problem of Coercion
Page 28
3.3. An Anarchist Economy?
Page 30
3.4. How to Deal with Antisocial Behavior?
Page 34
3.5. State and Nation
Page 34
3.6. All States Are Bad: Democracy Equals Dictatorship?
Page 35
4. Locating Anarchism among Political Ideologies
Page 39
4.1. Challenges to Anarchism
Page 39
4.2. Anarchism versus Other Ideologies
Page 44
PART TWO:. THE HISTORY OF ANARCHISM IN HUNGARY
Page 57
1. The Social Basis of Anarchism
Page 58
1.1. Workers
Page 58
1.2. Peasants
Page 59
1.3. Intelligentsia
Page 60
1.4. Aristocrats
Page 60
1.5. Artists
Page 61
2. Radical Socialism and Anarchism (1881–1884)
Page 62
2.1. Radicalism in the Austro-Hungarian Labor Movement
Page 64
2.2. Sympathy with Anarchism: The Radical Worker’s Party
Page 66
2.3. The Fall of the Radical Opposition
Page 68
3. Agrarian Socialism and Ideal Anarchism (1894–1916)
Page 70
3.1. The Agrarian Movement: Socialism and Messianism
Page 70
3.2. István Várkonyi and the Independent Social Democratic Movement
Page 75
3.3. Jenő Henrik Schmitt: A Path to Ideal Anarchism
Page 78
3.4. Ideal Anarchism
Page 82
3.5. Schmitt and the Independent Socialist Party
Page 86
3.6. Schmitt and the Gödölő Artists’ Colony
Page 95
4. Anarchism and Syndicalism (1904–1914)
Page 99
4.1. Syndicalism in the International Labor Movement
Page 99
4.2. Ervin Batthyány: From Communist Anarchism to Anarcho-Syndicalism
Page 108
4.3. “Comrade Count Batthyány”
Page 119
4.4. The Budapest Group of Revolutionary Socialists
Page 125
4.5. Ervin Szabó and the Attempt to Establish a Syndicalist Movement
Page 130
5. Artistic and Political Avant-Gardism (1908–1919)
Page 134
5.1. Lajos Kassák and Anarchism
Page 134
5.2. The “Conductor of Mystery”: Emil Szittya
Page 136
5.3. The Moralist Revolutionaries
Page 142
6. Anarchism during the Period of the Soviet Republic (1919)
Page 147
6.1. Anarchism versus Bolshevism: The Soviet Example
Page 147
6.2. Critical, Revolutionary and Cultural Opposition
Page 151
7. Anarchism in Hungary: A Structural Explanation
Page 159
7.1. Nonpolitical Politics
Page 159
7.2. Four Waves of Anarchism
Page 162
PART THREE:. ANARCHIST IDEAS AND INITIATIVES: LEGACIES AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES
Page 173
1. Unfinished Past
Page 173
1.1. Anarchist Influences in Hungary 1919–1946
Page 173
1.2. Anarchism under “Real Existing Socialism” (1970s–1980s)
Page 179
1.3. The Revival of Anarchist Organization in the Post-Communist Transition (1988–1993)
Page 182
1.4. “The Joyful Aesthetic of Opposition”: The Anarchista Újság (1991–93)
Page 192
2. Anarchy with Democracy? Hungarian Attempts at Theoretical Synthesis
Page 203
2.1. Anarchism and the Liberal Socialism of Oszkár Jászi
Page 203
2.2. Anarchy and “An-archy”: István Bibó and the Society without Rule
Page 209
3. Anarchism and Social Movements
Page 215
3.1. Anarchism and the Anarchist Mentality
Page 216
3.2. Postmodern Philosophy and the Anarchist Worldview
Page 217
3.3. Feminism and the Anarchist Mentality
Page 202
3.4. The Anarchist Mentality of the Green Movement
Page 223
3.5. Municipalism and the Anarchist Legacy
Page 228
3.6. The Post-Industrial Turn, Post-Materialist Value Change and the New Social Movements
Page 234
CONCLUSIONS: ANARCHO-DEMOCRATS AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Page 239
NOTES
Page 249
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Page 305
Periodicals
Page 305
Books and articles
Page 306
PHOTOGRAPHS
Page 347
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-345) and index.

Translation of: Az anarchizmus elmélete és magyarországi története.

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CHSP Hungarian Studies Series, 7; East European Monographs, 670
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Az anarchizmus elmélete és magyarországi története
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