Guérin D., Klopper M, Chomsky N. Anarchism: From Theory to Practice

Monthly Review Press, 1970. — 158 p.This small book does not seek to duplicate the histories and bibliographies of anarchism already published. Their authors were
scholars, mainly concerned with omitting no names and, fascinated by superficial similarities, they discovered numerous forerunners of
anarchism. They gave almost equal weight to the genius and to his most minor follower, and presented an excess of biographical details rather
than making a profound study of ideas. Their learned tomes leave the reader with a feeling of diffusion, almost incoherence, still asking
himself what anarchism really is. I have tried a somewhat different approach. I assume that the lives of the masters of libertarian thought are
known. In any case' they are often much less illuminating for our purpose than some writers imagine. Many of these masters were not
anarchists throughout their lives and their complete works include passages which have nothing to do with anarchism.