Demanding the Impossible: A History of Anarchism

Obra fundamental para entender o presente e projetar o futuro

Covering all corners of the globe and all parts of history, Demanding the Impossible is the most comprehensive book on Anarchist history and philosophy.This book is perfect for new philosophers and anarchists. It covers everything without being overwhelming or dry. It’s also an excellent resource for a more intermediate reader who is familiar with basic Anarchist concepts.This is essential reading for any leftist.

Peter Marshall's Demanding the Impossible: A History of Anarchism has all the earmarks of a scholarly but eminently readable tour de force. It's comprehensive, objective, well sourced and indexed, and frequently updated. It has a large and helpful "select bibliography." The book covers all the major and (forgive the term) minor anarchists well. It's particularly adept at showing the precursors of anarchism as well as anarchism's close philosophical relatives. All the internal and external controversies and criticisms regarding anarchism are covered as well as anarchism's replies. The book covers the history of anarchism in action and in thought. Although the book is a daunting 705 pages printed in a font a tad too small for aging eyes, the book is a page turner. With an admirable scrupulousness, Marshall largely doesn't interject his affiliations until the very end in the epilogue and, even then, he does so minimally.This will be a book that I consult frequently. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

This is the most concise book I've ever read about Anarchism. If you are even slightly interesting in the origins and practice of Anarchism I couldn't recommend anything other than this.

A wonderful book that discusses the history and philosophy of Anarchism.