Social Histories of Anarchism

Levy, Carl

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“…Conversely, the study of anarchism outside Spain has been stimulated by the turn to transnational labour history. A range of recent works have explored the interactions of anarchists and anarchist movements across national borders, acknowledging the role of international processes within specific national and local contexts (Levy 2010;Bantman and Altena 2015). Yet, aside from works which examine international anarchist terrorism (Bach Jensen 2004; Herrerín López and Farré 2009) the Spanish movement is rarely fully incorporated into comparative or transnational studies, which is striking given its significance to the history of anarchism in general (notable exceptions include Moya 1998;Sánchez Cobos 2008;Turcato 2009;Nelles et al 2010;Baer 2015).…”

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New approaches to Spanish anarchism

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Yeoman

2016

International Journal of Iberian Studies

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This article introduces the themes of this special edition, presenting the case that the history of Spanish anarchism needs to be situated within a broader, international history of the left. This view helps to disrupt the image of anarchism as 'exceptional', without losing sight of its specific manifestation in Spain. It proceeds to outline the five articles that make up the remainder of the edition.

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New approaches to Spanish anarchism

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2016

International Journal of Iberian Studies

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Alexandria, 1898: Nodes, Networks, and Scales in Nineteenth-Century Egypt and the Mediterranean

Carminati

2017

Comp Stud Soc Hist

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In October 1898, the Italian vice-consul in Alexandria charged a group of Italians with participating in an anarchist plot to attack German Emperor Wilhelm II during his planned tour through Egypt and Palestine. This collective arrest produced unexpected outcomes, left a trail of multi-lingual documents, and illuminated specific forms of late nineteenth-century Mediterranean migration. Anarchists were among those who frequently crossed borders and they were well aware of and connected to what was happening elsewhere: they sent letters, circulated manifestos, raised and transported money, and helped fugitive comrades. They maintained nodes of subversion and moved along circuits of solidarity. Similarly, diplomats of Europe, Cairo, Istanbul, and local consular officials operated across borders and cooperated to hunt anarchists down. By following people who were on the move on boats, in post offices, and in taverns, I make a methodological and historiographical argument. First, I examine the Mediterranean as a space of flows and show how theMaghreb/Mashreqdivide in Middle Eastern history has concealed webs and connections. Because anarchists and authorities acted on multiple fronts simultaneously, so must scholarship of this part of the world take account of several histories at once. Second, I look beyond the micro-macro binary to emphasize the interconnections and mutual implications of the micro, the macro, and everything in between. I highlight competing, intersecting, and even contradictory trajectories of some of these anarchist migrants’ belonging. As the affair of the bombs unfolded, all of these contradictions and scales of analysis became visible at once.

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Social Histories of Anarchism

Cited by 8 publications

References 127 publications

New approaches to Spanish anarchism

New approaches to Spanish anarchism

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Alexandria, 1898: Nodes, Networks, and Scales in Nineteenth-Century Egypt and the Mediterranean

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