. He is considered among the most influential figures of
socialist and social anarchist tradition. Bakunin's prestige as a
. Bakunin's collectivist
advocates the abolition of both the state and private ownership of the means of production. Instead, it envisions the means of production being owned collectively and controlled and managed by the producers themselves.
Bakunin is remembered as a major figure in the history of
anarchism, an opponent of Marxism, especially of the
dictatorship of the
proletariat, and for his predictions that Marxist regimes would be one-party dictatorships. Bakunin continues to influence anarchists such as
Noam Chomsky, and Bakunin has had a significant influence on thinkers such as
Peter Kropotkin,
Errico Malatesta, as well as
syndicalist organizations such as the Wobblies, the anarchists in the Spanish Civil
War, and contemporary anarchists involved in the modern-day anti-
globalization movement.
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