Download or read book Jean Grave and the Anarchist Tradition in France written by Louis Patsouras and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jean Grave (1854-1939) was a leading French anarcho-communist in the 1880-1920 period, whose theoretical works and activity place him alongside such anarchist luminaries as William Godwin, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Michael Bakunin, and Peter Kropotkin. Drawing on various archival and library sources, Louis Patsouras traces the controversies and convictions that shaped the life and the career of this extraordinary radical thinker, set within the fascinating socioeconomic context of Graves's time.