Confession of Mikhail Bakunin

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Confession of Mikhail Bakunin is a political and autobiographical text in which the Russian anarchist thinker recounts his life, beliefs, and revolutionary activities, written as a self-justifying statement after his arrest.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf autobiographical text
literary work
non-fiction book
political text
author Mikhail Bakunin
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire
describes Bakunin’s ideological development
Bakunin’s involvement in 1848–1849 revolutions
Bakunin’s relations with Russian authorities
European revolutionary movements
life of Mikhail Bakunin
political beliefs of Mikhail Bakunin
revolutionary activities of Mikhail Bakunin
genre autobiography
political literature
prison literature
hasPart accounts of revolutionary conspiracies
appeals to Tsar Nicholas I
biographical narrative
descriptions of imprisonment
political reflections
self-justification
historicalContext 1848 revolutions
surface form: European revolutions of 1848

Tsarist political repression
influenced historiography of Russian revolutionary movement
later studies of Bakunin
intendedAudience Nicholas I of Russia
surface form: Tsar Nicholas I of Russia
literaryForm first-person narrative
literaryPeriod 19th century
mainSubject Mikhail Bakunin
narrativeLocation Europe
Russian Empire
originalLanguage Russian
politicalAlignment anarchism
revolutionary socialism
portrays Mikhail Bakunin’s early life
Mikhail Bakunin’s philosophical influences
Mikhail Bakunin’s revolutionary networks
tone apologetic
political
self-critical
workSubject European radical movements
Russian autocracy
anarchism
political repression
revolution
writtenAfter arrest of Mikhail Bakunin
writtenAs self-justifying statement
writtenDuring imprisonment of Mikhail Bakunin

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Mikhail Bakunin notableWork Confession of Mikhail Bakunin