What is Francesco Saverio Merlino?
[[Image:Merlino.jpg|thumb|Merlino]] '''Francesco Saverio Merlino''' (born 9 September 1856 in [[Naples]]; died 30 June 1930 in [[Rome]]) was an Italian [[lawyer]], [[anarchist]] [[activist]] and [[theorist]] of [[libertarian socialism]]. ==Life== Merlino started to participate in the [[anarchist movement]] in [[Italy]] during his university studies. In 1884 he went into [[exile]] in [[England]] and also travelled to the [[USA]]. After he returned to [[Italy]] in 1894, he was arrested and had to spend two years in prison. In the following years, he developed his theory of [[libertarian socialism]] in arguments with his friend [[Errico Malatesta]]. ==Main works== *Socialismo o monopolismo? (1887) *L’Italie telle qu’elle est (1890) *gli opuscoli Necessità e basi di un accordo (1892) *L’individua-lismo nell’anarchismo (1893) *Pro e contro il socialismo (1897) *L’utopia collettivista e la crisi del “socialismo scientifico” (1898) *Formes et essence du socialisme (1898) *Fascismo e democrazia (1924) *Politica e Magistratura dal 1860 ad oggi in Italia (1925) *Il socialismo senza Marx. Studi e polemiche per una revisione della dottrina socialista (1897-1930), Massimiliano Boni, Bologna 1974. *Il problema economico e politico del socialismo. (1948) ==Related pages== * List of anarchists {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Merlino, Francesco}} [[Category:Italian anarchists]] [[Category:Italian lawyers]] [[Category:Jurists from Naples]] [[Category:1856 births]] [[Category:1930 deaths]]