Catechism of a Revolutionary
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
"The revolutionary is a doomed man. He has no private interests, no affairs, sentiments, ties, property nor even a name of his own. His entire being is devoured by one purpose, one thought, one passion - the revolution. Heart and soul, not merely by word but by deed, he has severed every link with the social order and with the entire civilized world; with the laws, good manners, conventions, and morality of that world. He is its merciless enemy and continues to inhabit it with only one purpose - to destroy it. –— Catechism of a Revolutionary, incipit Alternative translation: "The revolutionary is a dedicated man. He has no personal inclinations, no business affairs, no emotions, no attachments, no property and no name. Everything in him is subordinated to a single exclusive attachment, a single thought and a single passion—the revolution."--Rants and Incendiary Tracts (1989) by Bob Black and Adam Parfrey |
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The Catechism of a Revolutionary refers to a manifesto written by Russian revolutionary Sergey Nechayev between April and August 1869.
See also
- Anarchism and violence
- Professional revolutionaries
- The Demons, an 1872 novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky influenced by the events surrounding the publication of the Catechism.