Table of Contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Kropotkin and the Development of the Theory of Anarchist Communism: 1. Bakuninism; 2. Anarchist communism; Part II. Kropotkin and the Development of Anarchist Ideas of Revolutionary Action by Individuals and Small Groups (1872–1886): 3. Revolutionary action and the emergent anarchist movement of the seventies; 4. Propaganda by deed: the development of the idea; 5. Kropotkin and propaganda by deed; 6. Kropotkin and acts of revolt; 7. The Congress of London 1881 and 'The Spirit of Revolt'; 8. The trial of Lyon 1883 and response to persecution; Part III. Kropotkin and the Development of Anarchist Views of Collective Revolutionary Action (1872–1886): 9. Trade unionism and the emergent anarchist movement of the seventies; 10. Kropotkin and collective action in the labour movement; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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This book examines Kropotkin as the man who became the chief exponent of the ideas of the European anarchist movement.

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'… a work of fine and detailed scholarship … Cahm allows us to see both the degree of consistency and the complexity in the development of Kropotkin's ideas.' Anarchist Studies