{"product_id":"the-anarchist-inquisition-mark-bray-9781501761928","title":"The Anarchist Inquisition: Assassins, Activists, and Martyrs in Spain and France","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Anarchist Inquisition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e explores the groundbreaking transnational human rights campaigns that emerged in response to a brutal wave of repression unleashed by the Spanish state to quash anarchist activities at the turn of the twentieth century.\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Bray guides readers through this tumultuous era--from backroom meetings in Paris and torture chambers in Barcelona, to international antiterrorist conferences in Rome and human rights demonstrations in Buenos Aires.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnarchist bombings in theaters and cafes in the 1890s provoked mass arrests, the passage of harsh anti-anarchist laws, and executions in France and Spain. Yet, far from a marginal phenomenon, this first international terrorist threat had profound ramifications for the broader development of human rights, as well as modern global policing, and international legislation on extradition and migration. A transnational network of journalists, lawyers, union activists, anarchists, and other dissidents related peninsular torture to Spain's brutal suppression of colonial revolts in Cuba and the Philippines to craft a nascent human rights movement against the \"revival of the Inquisition.\" Ultimately their efforts compelled the monarchy to accede in the face of unprecedented global criticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBray draws a vivid picture of the assassins, activists, torturers, and martyrs whose struggles set the stage for a previously unexamined era of human rights mobilization. Rather than assuming that human rights struggles and \"terrorism\" are inherently contradictory forces, \u003ci\u003eThe Anarchist Inquisition\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes how these two modern political phenomena worked in tandem to constitute dynamic campaigns against Spanish atrocities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Bray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501761927\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501761928\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.00d","brand":"Mark Bray","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44043215012095,"sku":"9781501761928","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b3ae9b24-59f3-4402-80bf-d18ffe671297.jpg?v=1684965888","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-anarchist-inquisition-mark-bray-9781501761928","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}