A political philosophy based on the ideas of Mikhail Bakunin, emphasizing anarchism, direct action, and the abolition of the state through revolutionary means.
Derived from the name of Russian anarchist Mikhail Bakunin (1814-1876) plus the suffix -ism. The term emerged in the late 19th century as his ideas influenced radical political movements across Europe.
Bakuninism split the revolutionary movement in the First International—Marx wanted gradual workers' governments, but Bakunin wanted immediate, violent destruction of all authority, a tension that still divides the left.
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