Bøker av Emma Goldman

Destruction and violence! How is the ordinary man to know that the most violent element in society is ignorance; that it's power of destruction is the very thing Anarchism is combating?- Emma Goldman, from "Anarchism: What It Really Stands For"From the turn of the 20th century to the turn of the 21st, the fiery words of "notorious" anarchist Emma Goldman continue to echo with passion, insight, and intelligence. Beyond the title essay, Goldman's impassioned calls for equality, individual freedom, and social justice encompass:. Minorities versus Majorities. The Psychology of Political Violence. Prisons: A Social Crime and Failure. Patriotism: A Menace to Liberty. The Hypocrisy of Puritanism. The Traffic in Women. The Tragedy of Women's Emancipation. Marriage and Love. The Drama: A Powerful Disseminator of Radical Thought. and more.They were prophetic when they were first published in 1910, but these essays demonstrate that even today Goldman, a thinker of profound wisdom, has not yet seen her time come.Also available from Cosimo Classics: The Social Significance of Modern Drama, by Emma Goldman.Anarchist and feminist EMMA GOLDMAN (1869-1940) is one of the towering figures in global radicalism of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Lithuania, she emigrated to the United States as a teenager, was deported in 1919 for her criticism of the U.S. military draft in World War I, and died in Toronto after a globetrotting life. An early advocate of birth control, women's rights, and workers unions, she was an important and influential figure in such far-flung geopolitical events as the Russian Revolution and the Spanish Civil War. Among her many books are My Disillusionment in Russia (1925) and Living My Life (1931).

A collection of essays by America's most prominent anarchist, feminist, and critic of both capitalism and communism, who was imprisoned and deported for opposing the First World War. Includes "Anarchy Defended by Anarchists", "The Tragedy of Women's Emancipation", "Anarchism: What It Really Stands For", "The Psychology of Political Violence", "Patriotism: A Menace to Liberty", "Speech Against Conscription And War", "There Is No Communism In Russia", and "The Individual, Society, And The State".

There was a general rejoicing when the regime of Tsar Nicholas II fell in February 1917, a new era of liberty dawned. But what would come next?

Draws together the most important of Emma Goldman's many writings on 'The Sex Question. 'The Sex Question' emerged for Goldman in multiple contexts, and we find her addressing it in writing on subjects as varied as women's suffrage, 'free love', birth control, the 'New Woman', homosexuality, marriage, love and literature. It was at once a political question, an economic question, a question of morality and a question of social relations. This unites her most important essays and archival material in an attempt to recreate Goldman's great work on sex and feminism.

Volume 1 of the candid, no-holds-barred account by American anarchist Goldman relates her philosophical and political journey through life, beginning with her emigration from Russia to the U.S. in 1886.

A unique history of one of American radicalism's most fiercely outspoken figures

A unique history of one of American radicalism's most fiercely outspoken figures

A collection of Goldman's speeches and writings, it attempts to show the relevance of Goldman's work and her life.