Anarchism and Other Essays (Version 2)

Emma Goldman (1869 - 1940)

Emma Goldman, the most famous anarchist in American history, shows the whole range of her iconoclastic thought in this collection of essays. Drawing from a wealth of illustrative material, including the examples of fellow anarchists and radicals of her own acquaintance, modern martyrs, dissident playwrights, poets, and authors, etc., she delineates the main themes of her philosophy with incisiveness and evangelical passion. Included among these themes are: a definition of decentralized anarchism itself; the ambiguous morality of direct action; the curse of modern patriotism; the horrors of early twentieth-century prisons; the need for an entirely new kind of education; the relationship of legal marriage to true love; the insidious danger of Puritanical thought within feminism itself; the deadly spread of sex trafficking; the limitations or even undesirability of woman suffrage; and the extraordinary revolutionary potential of modern theatre. Sadly, none of these themes seem obsolete even to a modern reader; every one of them has direct application to twenty-first century society. - Summary by Expatriate

Genre(s): Essays & Short Works, Political Science, Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Biographic Sketch, pt. 1 Expatriate
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Play 02 Biographic Sketch, pt. 2 Expatriate
00:20:59
Play 03 Biographic Sketch, pt. 3 Expatriate
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Play 04 Preface by Author Expatriate
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Play 05 Anarchism: What It Really Stands For, pt. 1 Expatriate
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Play 06 Anarchism: What It Really Stands For, pt. 2 Expatriate
00:18:29
Play 07 Minorities vs. Majorities Expatriate
00:17:59
Play 08 The Psychology of Political Violence, pt. 1 Expatriate
00:20:26
Play 09 The Psychology of Political Violence, pt. 2 Expatriate
00:19:21
Play 10 The Psychology of Political Violence, pt. 3 Expatriate
00:12:48
Play 11 Prisons: A Social Crime & Failure, pt. 1 Expatriate
00:14:40
Play 12 Prisons: A Social Crime & Failure, pt. 2 Expatriate
00:15:51
Play 13 Patriotism: A Menace to Liberty, pt. 1 Expatriate
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Play 14 Patriotism: A Menace to Liberty, pt. 2 Expatriate
00:14:47
Play 15 Francisco Ferrer & the Modern School, pt. 1 Expatriate
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Play 16 Francisco Ferrer & the Modern School, pt. 2 Expatriate
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Play 17 The Hypocrisy of Puritanism Expatriate
00:17:11
Play 18 The Traffic in Women, pt. 1 Expatriate
00:14:57
Play 19 The Traffic in Women, pt. 2 Expatriate
00:15:13
Play 20 Woman Suffrage Expatriate
00:27:05
Play 21 The Tragedy of Woman's Emancipation Expatriate
00:20:53
Play 22 Marriage & Love Expatriate
00:21:21
Play 23 The Modern Drama, pt. 1 Expatriate
00:28:16
Play 24 The Modern Drama, pt. 2 Expatriate
00:25:52