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Offering a composite of the life of the notorious anarchist-feminist revolutionary, Emma Goldman, this collection includes nine of her essays, sections from her autobiography, and over 16 other pieces ranging from anarchism, sex, and prostitution, to prisons, religion, violence, and war.

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Author:   Emma Goldman ,  Alix Kates Shulman ,  Alix Kates Shulman
Publisher:   Humanities Press International Inc.,U.S.
Imprint:   Humanities Press International Inc
Edition:   3rd Revised edition
ISBN:  

9780391039520

ISBN 10:   0391039520
Pages:   470
Publication Date:   11 November 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part 1 organization of society: what i believe; anarchism - what it really stands for; minorities versus majorities; syndicalism - its theory and practice; socilaism - caught in the political trap; the individual, society, and the state. Part 2 social institutions: the child and its enemies; the social importance of the modern school; the hypocrisy of puritanism; the tragedy of woman's emancipation; victims of morality; the traffic in women; woman suffrage; marriage and love; jealousy - causes and a possible cure; intellectual proletarians the failure of Christianity; the philosophy of atheism. Part 3 violence: the psychology of political violence; what we did about the slaughter at Homestead; the assassination of McKinley; outrage at San Diego; prisons; a social crime and failure; preparedness - the road to universal slaughter; address to the jury. Part 4 two revolutions and a summary: afterword to My disillusionment in Russia ; there is no communism in Russia; address to the International Working Men's Association Congress; was my life worth living?

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