Anarchism and revolutionary events in the 19th century played an important role in shaping the European politics. In every country an anarchist though was developing differently and was associated with different events that had an impact on the overall European politics of the 19th century, and below some of these countries and their anarchism will be described.
In France, for example, the development of the anarchist thought is associated with Pierre-Joseph Proudhon. He was the son of peasants and lived in the Eastern France, where he worked as a printer that was considered to be a common occupation among later anarchists. Proudhon has contributed to the shaping of the European politics in the 19th century not only as an anarchist, but also as a theoretician of socialism, which is reflected in such his works as What Is Property? (1840), The Philosophy of Poverty (1846) and System of Economic Contradictions. As a famous socialist and anarchist, Proudhon was also associated in the middle of 19th century in Paris with Karl Marx and Mikhail Bakunin , which also contributed to the development of European politics. (Shantz and William 81)
In Russia and in many other Slavic countries, a famous anarchist and supporter of a nationalist revolutionary movement was Mikhail Bakunin mentioned above, who was first influenced by theories of Proudhon, but later modified his teachings into a doctrine called collectivism. He was also a founder of proto-anarchist organization known as the Social Democratic Alliance that became influential and powerful in other European countries including Switzerland, Spain, France and Italy.
Anarchism in Italy also played an important rope not only for the country itself, but for the whole Europe, because exactly in Italy in 19th century the concept known as “Propaganda of the Deed”. An Italian scholar, who conceptualized propaganda of the deed was Carlo Pisacane.
Works cited
Aleksandrovich, M. and Shatz. Bakunin: Statism and Anarchy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2002. Print
Shantz, j and William, D. Anarchy and Society: Reflections on Anarchist Sociology. Brill: Leiden. 2013. Print
