Mikhail Bakunin Flashcards
What Marxist view did Bakunin agree with?
That the state was an agent of capitalism, therefore Bakunin thought capitalism and the state had to be abolished
What part of marxism could Bakunin not accept?
A workers state
Why did Bakunin oppose the state?
Because power corrupts people, both government and governed, so even a proletarian state would end in disaster
What expense was Bakunin strongly indulged by?
The Paris Commune in 1871 - a year before he split form the Marxists
What did Bakunin believe the Paris Commune was a perfect example of?
‘Propaganda by deed’
What is Bakunin key work?
‘God and the State’ (1871)
What did Bakunin think about Humans and a order society and liberty without a state?
That it is natural for people to obey the laws of nature and they do bit need to be forced to do so, therefore they retain their freedom
For Bakunin what did the laws of nature include?
Such ideas as the sociability of mankind, natural empathy for each other equality and respect for each others freedom
What was Bakunin visions of an order society, based on the laws of nature, known as?
Federalism
What did Bakunin think of people doing higher into communities?
As long as people group themselves in voluntary communes, with common ownership of property and equal distribution of rewards on a voluntary basis, there is no cohesion
What was Bakunin ideal system of trade?
No capitalist market system, which would promote inequality, but rather a system of free negotiation
and exchange on the basis of the true value of goods and services
What was Bakunin ideal system of trade?
No capitalist market system, which would promote inequality, but rather a system of free negotiation and exchange on the basis of the true value of goods and services
