Nechayevshchina named a revolutionary ethic rejecting all decency toward others

Evidence

The “Catechism of the Revolutionist” was either written by Bakunin himself or by his disciple Nechayev. For the question of authorship and a translation of the complete text, see Nomad, op. cit., p. 227 ff. In any event, the “system of complete disregard for any tenets of simple decency and fairness in [the revolutionist’s] attitude towards other human beings …went down in Russian revolutionary history under the name of ‘Nechayevshchina’” (ibid., p. 224). — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2587

Categorization

• DEFINE: Useful term for the toolkit: Nechayevshchina as the ethic of total instrumental use of human beings in revolutionary struggle.