Dieu et l’État vs Memoirs of a Revolutionist: Which Should You Read?
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Dieu et l’État
“Who are right, the idealists or the materialists?”
God and the State (called by its author The Historical Sophisms of the Doctrinaire School of Communism) is an unfinished manuscript by the Russian anarchist philosopher Mikhail Bakunin, published posthumously in 1882.…
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Memoirs of a Revolutionist
Published in Atlantic monthly Sep. 1898-Sep. 1899 under title The autobiography of a revolutionist. Graphic details of Russian conditions and of an eventful life. — A.L.A. Catalog 1904 “Kropotkin’s story is a singularly…
The verdict
- Readers rate Memoirs of a Revolutionist highest: Memoirs of a Revolutionist 4.2 · Dieu et l’État 3.8.
- Dieu et l’État is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 9 for Memoirs of a Revolutionist.
- Dieu et l’État has the widest readership — 5505 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Dieu et l’État | Memoirs of a Revolutionist | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (5505) | 4.2 (842) |
Reception
| Dieu et l’État | Memoirs of a Revolutionist | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 5505 | 842 |
| Editions | 105 | 100 |
| Citations | 2 | — |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 9529 | 3070 |
| Reading it now | 477 | 109 |
| Written reviews | 434 | 78 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 195 |
| Pages | 84 | 502 |