Maximilian Nacht ( born Maximilian Nacht , September 15, 1881 , Buchach - April 18, 1973 , New York ) is an anarchist philosopher of Jewish origin. The author of the theory of "skeptical anarchism."
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Born in a German-speaking family of supporters of the Haskala Jewish education movement . He supported peasant uprisings in Galicia in 1902. In 1904, due to persecution by the authorities, he went to Zurich , where he published the Signal newspaper during 1903-1907. Under the influence of the anarchist Vaclav Makhaysky, he became a supporter of this trend. He emigrated to the United States in 1913, under the pseudonym Max Nomad wrote pro-Soviet articles. Then he received grants from the Guggenheim Foundation .
Proceedings
- Die revolutionäre Bewegung in Rußland . Neues Leben, Berlin 1902
- Arnold Roller (Siegfried Nacht), Max Nacht (eds ,.): Rebellen-Lieder 1906
- Rebels and Renegades . New York 1932.430 pp.
- Apostles of Revolution . Little, Brown & Co., Boston 1939. 467 pp.
- A Skeptic's Political Dictionary and Handbook for the Disenchanted . New York 1953. 171 pp.
- Aspects of Revolt . New York [1959]. 311 pp.
- Political Heretics from Plato to Mao Tse-Tung . Ann arbor 1963
- Dreamers, Dynamiters and Demagogues: Reminiscences . New York [1964]. 251 pp.
- The Anarchist Tradition and Other Essays . 1967.398 pp.
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Literature
- Werner Portmann: Die wilden Schafe: Max und Siegfried Nacht. Unrast Verlag, Münster (Germany) 2008.