Publication/Publicación- The Anarchist Inquisition
Vient de paraître, chez l’éditeur AK Press, la deuxième édition du dernier livre de l’historien étatsunien Mark Bray, The Anarchist Inquisition. Assassins, Activists and Martyrs in Spain and France, autour de la campagne d’opinion en défense des anarchistes espagnols et français dans les années 1890 et 1900. Le livre met en évidence les constructions sacrificielles liées à l’anarchisme, et vient compléter une riche production récente (voir notamment le livre de James Yeoman, Print Culture and the Formation of the Anarchist Movement in Spain 1890-1915, parmi des publications très nombreuses). Il est la réédition d’un volume publié en 2022 chez Cornell University Press. Le résumé en anglais fourni par la maison d’éditions est disponible ci-dessous.
La editorial AK Press acaba de publicar la segunda edición del último libro del historiador estadounidense Mark Bray, The Anarchist Inquisition. Assassins, Activists and Martyrs in Spain and France, que trata del movimiento de opinión en defensa de los anarquistas españoles y franceses en las décadas 1890 y 1900. El libro pone de relieve las construcciones sacrificiales y martiriales que se desarrollaron en el marco del anarquismo internacional, y se suma a una numerosa producción historiográfica reciente en el tema (véase, entre otros, el libro de James Yeoman, Print Culture and the Formation of the Anarchist Movement in Spain 1890-1915, entre varios libros recientes). El libro de M. Bray es la reedición de una obra ya publicada en 2022 con Cornell University Press. El resumen en inglés, proporcionado por la editorial, puede leerse abajo.
Résumé/Resumen
One of the earliest global Human Rights campaigns was launched to defend the rights of anarchists from state repression.
Anarchist bombings in theaters and cafes in the 1890s provoked mass arrests, the passage of harsh anti-anarchist laws, and executions in France and Spain. Yet, far from a marginal phenomenon, this first international terrorist threat had profound ramifications for the broader development of human rights, as well as modern global policing, and international legislation on extradition and migration. A transnational network of journalists, lawyers, union activists, anarchists, and other dissidents related torture in the Spanish homeland to brutal suppression of colonial revolts in Cuba and the Philippines to craft a nascent human rights movement against the “revival of the Inquisition.” Ultimately their efforts compelled the monarchy to accede in the face of unprecedented global criticism.
The Anarchist Inquisition explores the groundbreaking transnational human rights campaigns that emerged in response to a brutal wave of repression unleashed by the Spanish state. This repression sought to quash anarchist activities at the turn of the twentieth century. Mark Bray guides readers through this tumultuous era—from backroom meetings in Paris and torture chambers in Barcelona to international antiterrorist conferences in Rome and human rights demonstrations in Buenos Aires.
Bray draws a vivid picture of the assassins, activists, torturers, and martyrs whose struggles set the stage for a previously unexamined era of human rights mobilization. Rather than assuming that human rights struggles and “terrorism” are inherently contradictory forces, The Anarchist Inquisition analyzes how these two modern political phenomena worked in tandem to constitute dynamic campaigns against Spanish atrocities. The paperback edition contains an additional chapter not found in the original cloth edition.
OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
Pierre M. Delpu (14 septembre 2023). Publication/Publicación- The Anarchist Inquisition. Aspects du martyre politique. Consulté le 22 janvier 2026 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/b0dz


