Bakunin biography cortadito

May 1814 - July 1, 1876

"The liberty of man consists solely in this: that he obeys natural laws because he has himself recognized them as such."

Biography

[Ba:ku:ni:n (a as in father) (k as in kit) (u as in suit) (i as in feet)]

Born in May 1814 (the exact date is disputed), Bakunin became involved in politics in his late teens- his first known political effort was made at the age of 22 (1836), when he translated Hegel's "Gymnasial Lectures" into Russian- marking the first time Hegel had been translated into Russian.

Bakunin biography cortadito

In 1842 Bakunin wrote "The Reaction in Germany"- an article whose popularity spread throughout youth and underground groups. In his essay Bakunin debated Hegel's emphasis on the positive in the dialectical process, asserting instead that the negative is the creative driving force of dialectics.

The ending line of this essay is one of his most quoted phrases, "The desire for destruction is, at the same time, a creative desire too."

Bakunin first met