Book Review: God and the State by Mikhail Bakunin

I struggled to read this book. Not because of its content, but because of the tone of the text. Bakunin’s anger and hatred seeped through his words. Anger and hatred do feed the existing contempt, but seldom alter anyone’s opinion. I’m not saying this because I disagree with some of his convictions about the importance of science, separation of state and church, and about how reason is one of the best tools there is. But understanding is a better way to communicate than hate. However, this bo...