Alexander Berkman

Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

'Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist' is Alexander Berkman's autobiographical account of his 14-year imprisonment for an attempted assassination of an industrialist. As an anarchist activist, he hoped to awaken the oppressed American people's consciousness, but his political intent was misunderstood by fellow prisoners and society. Berkman's memoir reads like a diary, tracing his coming-of-age and loss of youthful idealism in prison. His self-imposed distance and moral high ground crumble as he recognizes the flawed humanity in himself and others, including his relationship with fellow anarchist Emma Goldman. The book also notably discusses homosexuality in prison, making it an important political text on the topic. This classic memoir is a must-read for anyone interested in anarchist literature, political violence, and prison reform.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Good Press
• Seitenzahl: 757
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. November 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 4057664637734
• Artikelnr.: 58437068

Autorenporträt

Alexander Berkman was born of a prosperous Jewish family in Russia in 1870 and emigrated to America as a young man. Deported for political reasons from the U.S. in 1919, he went to the Soviet Union, from which he was in turn expelled. “Expelled again and again,” he once wrote. “Must get off the earth, but am still here. John William Ward (1922-1985) was an American Studies scholar who taught at Princeton University and Amherst College.  He was President of Amherst College from 1971-1979. His best known book was Andrew Jackson: Symbol for An Age.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction, by Jessica Moran and Barry Pateman
Part I The Awakening and Its Toll
Chapter 1. The Call of the Homestead
Chapter 2. The Seat of War
Chapter 3. The Spirit of Pittsburgh
Chapter 4. The Attentat
Chapter 5. The Third Degree
Chapter 6. The Jail
Chapter 7: The Trial
Part II The Penitentiary
Chapter 1. Desperate Thoughts
Chapter 2. The Will to Live
Chapter 3. Spectral Silence
Chapter 4. A Ray of Light
Chapter 5. The Shop
Chapter 6. My First Letter
Chapter 7. Wingie
Chapter 8. To the Girl
Chapter 9. Persection
Chapter 10. The Yegg
Chapter 11: The Route Sub Rosa
Chapter 12. Zuchthausblothen
Chapter 13: The Judas
Chapter 14. The Dip
Chapter 15. The Urge of Sex
Chapter 16. The Warden's Threat
Chapter 17. The "Basket" Cell
Chapter 18. The Solitary
Chapter 19. Memory - Guests
Chapter 20. A Day in the Cell-House
Chapter 21. The Deeds of the Good to the Evil
Chapter 22. The Grist of the Prison-Mill
Chapter 23. The Scales of Justice
Chapter 24. Thoughts That Stole Out of Prison
Chapter 25. How Shall the Depths Cry?
Chapter 26. Hiding the Evidence
Chapter 27. Love's Dungeon Flower
Chapter 28. For Safety
Chapter 29. Dreams of Freedom
Chapter 30. Whitewashed Again
Chapter 31. "And By All Forgot, We Rot and Rot"
Chapter 32. The Deviousness of Reform Law Applied
Chapter 33. The Tunnel
Chapter 34. The Death of Dick
Chapter 35. An Alliance with the Birds
Chapter 36. The Underground
Chapter 37. Anxious Days
Chapter 38. "How Men Their Brothers Maim"
Chapter 39. A New Plan of Escape
Chapter 40. Done to Death
Chapter 41. THe Shock at Buffalo
Chapter 42. Marred Lives
Chapter 43. "Passing the Love of a Woman"
Chapter 44. Love's Daring
Chapter 45. The Bloom of "The Barren Staff"
Chapter 46. A Child's Heart-Hunger
Chapter 47. Chum
Chapter 48. Last Days
Part III The Workhouse
Part IV The Resurrection
Appendix: Berkman's Diary
Index