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E. Armand, The Anarchist Individualist Initiation — I

February 26, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur

A chaos of beings, facts and ideas; a harsh, disorderly struggle, without mercy; a perpetual lie; a wheel that turns blindly, one day lifting us to the pinnacle and the next crushing us ruthlessly. […]

E. Armand, The Anarchist Individualist Initiation (1923) (in progress)

December 25, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

The translation of E. Armand’s Anarchist Individualist Initiation is ongoing. Completed sections are available here, in English, and on the dual-language pages in French and English. Sections on the first page here have gone through […]

E. Armand, “A Little Manual for the Anarchist Individualist” (1911/1934)

August 29, 2016 Shawn P. Wilbur

Petit Manuel anarchiste individualiste I Etre anarchiste c’est nier l’autorité et rejeter son corollaire économique : l’exploitation. Et cela dans tous les domaines où s’exerce l’activité humaine. L’anarchiste veut vivre sans dieux ni maîtres ; […]

Mauricius, E. Armand as I Knew Him

May 15, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

E. ARMAND AS I KNEW HIM By Mauricius (From “E. Armand, Son Vie, Son Ouevre”, La Ruche Ouvrier, 1964) I encountered E. Armand for the first time one beautiful night in the spring of […]

E. Armand, The Critical Activity of Individualists

May 15, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

The Critical Activity of Individualists E. Armand One should not be mistaken: individualist anarchists are negators, destroyers, demolishers. They are those who believe in nothing, respect nothing. Nothing in fact is exempt from their […]

E. Armand’s Individualist Anarchist Initiation

May 5, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

I’ve started posting consecutive sections from E. Armand’s The Individualist Anarchist Initiation on the Libertarian Library blog. I started translating back in October, with the section on reciprocity, and promised at that point to begin […]

The Individual Anarchist Initiation: Sketches of the Social Environment

May 4, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

THE INDIVIDUALIST ANARCHIST INITIATION PART ONE THE THEORETICAL BASES OF ANARCHIST INDIVIDUALISM 1. Sketches of the Social Environment, Harmful Authority. 1) The social milieu. A chaos of beings, facts and ideas; a harsh, disorderly […]

E. Armand, “Little Manual of the Individualist Anarchist” (1911)

October 23, 2011 Shawn P. Wilbur

[ezcol_2third] My translation of E. Armand’s “Mini-Manual” was a fairly early effort, and I’ve been meaning to get a revised translation posted for some time now. I originally tackled the sections that had not been […]

E. Armand on Sensual Pleasure

September 19, 2011 Shawn P. Wilbur

VARIATIONS SUR LA VOLUPTÉ Je sais que la volupté est un sujet dont vous n’aimez pas qu’on parle ou qu’on écrive. En traiter vous choque. Ou provoque chez vous la plaisanterie de mauvais aloi. Vous […]

E. Armand, “On Sexual Liberty” (1916) (FR/EN)

September 19, 2011 Shawn P. Wilbur

In the past, I’ve translated a number of short essays by E. Armand, and thoroughly enjoyed reading several more, without entirely convincing myself that Armand is an important anarchist figure. The brand of Nietzschean individualism […]