Contr'un
Bolton Hall, “Separate From Sinners” (1899)
I said: “I will separate myself from the world, O Lord. My soul is white, and I am weary of the sins of men.” God said: “Your hands are red. How came your soul so […]
Year: 2012
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Varieties of Proprietors: Lovers, Husbands, and Mother Hens
SIDEBAR Le propriétaire qui épargne empêche les autres de jouir sans jouir lui-même ; pour lui, ni possession ni propriété. Comme l’avare, il couve son trésor il n’en use pas. Qu’il en repaisse ses yeux, […]
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From the neo-Proudhonian blogosphere
Over at Mutualism and Solutions to the Social Problem, Derek has posted a new essay: “A Letter to Communists and Capitalists of the Libertarian Form.” And David at Blazing Truth has posted a “New Mutualist […]
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Jean Grave, The Adventures of Nono — Chapter V
THE ADVENTURES OF NONO by JEAN GRAVE [continued from Chapter IV] V GLUTTONY PUNISHED The castle that the children headed towards stood on a broad, well-sanded esplanade, cut through large lawns, some of which […]
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Paschal Grousset, “The Dream of an Irreconcilable” (1869)
[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] [/one_third][two_third_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] I’ve posted a working translation of Paschal Grousset’s 1869 The Dream of an Irreconcilable, an odd little political “utopia” of sorts, which begins with the […]
Anarchist Beginnings
Charles Fourier, Cardinal and the Principal Movements in the Harmony of the Universe
FOURIER. I am aware that it is very humiliating for an age in possession of so much physical and mathematical science, to be branded with ignorance concerning other branches of knowledge; to be openly accused […]
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Proudhon, women, and the “organ of justice”
Back in March, 2010, at the end of the essay “Two-Gun Mutualism and the Golden Rule,” I promised to delve deeper into the question of Proudhon’s writing on women and the family—a promise I’m […]
Anarchist Beginnings
Charles Fourier, Framework for the Integral Study of Nature
FOURIER ON THE UNITY OF SYSTEM IN UNIVERSAL NATURE. Modern sophists, particularly in France, have generally aimed at explaining the unity of system which is remarkable in universal nature, and yet the philosophical world never […]
Anarchist Beginnings
Charles Fourier, The Critical State of Civilization (2 of 2)
FOURIER, ON THE CRITICAL STATE OF CIVILIZATION IN EUROPE. There never was a greater want of useful discoveries in the civilized world than at present. Society is now afflicted with four disastrous elements of a […]
Anarchist Beginnings
Charles Fourier, The Critical State of Civilization (1 of 2)
[This section from The Treatise on Domestic-Agricultural Association immediately follows the material already posted from The Morning Star. It appeared in the November 25, 1840 issue (No. 6) of that paper.] FOURIER ON THE CRITICAL […]