Talk:Paul Avrich
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Is he actually an anarchist per the new category def? Or just someone who writes about them? Being a historian covering a certain subject doesn't necessarily make one an adherent to the cause.--Hooperbloob 06:07, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)
A reasonable question, but I think Avrich was doing 'making more than a living' from studying Anarchism, or even a sympathetic student of the movement. Finding a quote where he admits as much might be a different matter tho'. John BTW, nice edit, whoever expanded the stub.
- I understand that he referred to himself as a historian of anarchism rather than as an anarchist; but that there is a sense among anarchists that that was more a nod to academic objectivity than a statement that he was not an anarchist. ... We should have a scholars of anarchism category, into which he would clearly fit, and then the question of whether he was actually an anarchist would be separate, as it should be. --LQ 08:31, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
