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<i>God and the State</i>

God and the State

Unfinished manuscript by Mikhail Bakunin

God and the State (called by its author The Historical Sophisms of the Doctrinaire School of Communism) is an unfinished manuscript by the Russian anarchist philosopher Mikhail Bakunin, published posthumously in 1882. The work criticises Christianity and the then-burgeoning technocracy movement from a materialist, anarchist and individualist perspective.

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Publication

God and the State was written in February and March 1871. It was originally written as Part II of a greater work that was going to be called The Knouto-Germanic Empire and the Social Revolution.[1]

The first issue of The Anarchist, published in 1885 in London by Henry Seymour, held an announcement of a translation into English by Marie Le Compte.[2] The International Publishing Company announced that the profits would go to the Red Cross of the Russian Revolutionary Party.[3]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Leier, Mark (2006). Bakunin: The Creative Passion. Seven Stories Press. p. 306. ISBN 978-1-58322-894-4.
  2. [2]
    "On Picket Duty". Liberty (Not the Daughter But the Mother of Order). 1885-04-11. p. 47. Retrieved 2013-08-30.
  3. [3]
    An English anarchist (1885). The Criminal law amendment act. p. back cover. Retrieved 2013-08-30.
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