Freedom or Death: The Theory and Practice of Mikhail Bakunin

Freedom or Death is a groundbreaking interdisciplinary study of the life and work of the Russian revolutionary and titan in the history of anarchism Mikhail Aleksandrovitch Bakunin (1814?76). Brazilian scholar Felipe Corr a offers in-depth analysis of Bakunin's political theory produced between 1836 and 1876, anchoring it in his political-intellectual trajectory. The book is a history of Bakunin's political thought that encompasses all of his writings, his most important letters, and dialogue with his principal interlocutors, as well as synthesizing all previous scholarship.
Corr a systematically divides Bakunin's works into three major periods: From Philosophy to Praxis (1836-43), Revolutionary Pan-Slavism (1844-63), and From Socialism to Anarchism (1864-76), to provide historical context and to fully understand the development and ultimate coherence of his radical thought.
Corr a analyzes Bakunin's landmark contributions to the shaping of anarchism (and of revolutionary syndicalism) and his considerable influence on other militants and on a sector of the European workers? movement. Both during his life and afterwards, his thought informed labour, Left and anti-imperialist organizing on all continents. Bakunin's theory and practice continues to hold great power for the global Left today, as anarchism offers a means of liberation from tyranny that has never been more urgent.