Mikhail Bakunin: References & Edit History

The first collection of Bakunin’s writings was published in six volumes in French between 1895 and 1913; a complete Russian edition of writings and letters was planned, but only the first four volumes up to 1861 were published (1934–36). A complete edition of the later writings, edited by Arthur Lehning, began publication in 1961 by the Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis, Amsterdam. Selected works in English translation were published in G.P. Maximoff (ed.), Political Philosophy of Bakunin (1953); Sam Dolgoff (ed.), Bakunin on Anarchy (1972); and S. Cox and O. Stevens (eds.), Selected Writings (1974, from the Lehning edition). Biographies of Bakunin include Max Nettlau, Michael Bakunin, 3 vol. (1896–1900, reissued in 2 vol., 1971), based on a large mass of documents; E.H. Carr, Michael Bakunin (1937, reissued with minor alterations, 1975); and Aileen Kelly, Mikhail Bakunin: A Study in the Psychology and Politics of Utopianism (1982, reprinted 1987).