Karl Marx and the Anarchists Library Editions

This study examines Marxâe(tm)s disputes with, and attacks upon, those anarchist theoreticians he encountered at various stages of his career. Marxâe(tm)s attacks on Stirner, Proudhon and Bakunin are shown to be of vital importance to his career as a theorist and revolutionist. The formative influences upon Marxâe(tm)s writings and his political activity are discussed and analyzed. The author re-situates Marxâe(tm)s thought in the context of the 19th century when Marxism was not an unchallenged orthodoxy but a doctrine and method that needed to be defended against rival revolutionary impulses.