Johann Most
life of a radical
$72.77
- Paperback
296 pages
- Release Date
8 December 2025
Summary
Johann Most: Rediscovering the Firebrand of American Anarchism
Understanding one of American anarchism’s pivotal figures
Known best for articulating the propaganda of the deed, Johann Most was and still is caricatured as a radical fanatic. Tom Goyens’ in-depth biography rediscovers the complexities that animated the German American agitator and made him a pivotal figure in the development of anarchism in the US and socialism in Germany.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780252089039 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0252089030 |
| Author: | Tom Goyens |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press |
| Imprint: | University of Illinois Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 296 |
| Release Date: | 8 December 2025 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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Critics Review
“Goyens’ book expertly demolishes myths and caricatures, while uniting the German and American halves of Johann Most’s radical career through a meticulously documented transnational biography. Most emerges in the text as a formidable thinker as well as an electrifying activist.”–Kenyon Zimmer, coeditor of With Freedom in Our Ears: Histories of Jewish Anarchism
About The Author
Tom Goyens
Tom Goyens is a professor of history at Salisbury University. He is the author of Beer and Revolution: The German Anarchist Movement in New York City, 1880–1914.
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