September 2012 - Page 2 of 3 - The Libertarian Labyrinth

From the neo-Proudhonian blogosphere

September 23, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

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 […]

Jean Grave, The Adventures of Nono — Chapter V

September 23, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

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 […]

Paschal Grousset, “The Dream of an Irreconcilable” (1869)

September 21, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

[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 […]

Charles Fourier, Cardinal and the Principal Movements in the Harmony of the Universe

September 16, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

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 […]

Proudhon, women, and the “organ of justice”

September 15, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

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 […]

Charles Fourier, Framework for the Integral Study of Nature

September 12, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

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 […]

Charles Fourier, The Critical State of Civilization (2 of 2)

September 12, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

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 […]

Charles Fourier, The Critical State of Civilization (1 of 2)

September 12, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

[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 […]

Five-sixths of a Smart Set set

September 11, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

Over at From the Libertarian Library, I’ve added translations of two more of the short stories by Han Ryner published in French in The Smart Set: “The Cheapskate” (1913) “The Paradox” (1913) “The Secret of […]

Han Ryner, Deo Optimo Maximo (1919)

September 11, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

Deo Optimo Maximo By Han Ryner L’HOMME parle: O Dieu, tu ne saurais m’entendre, et pourtant je te parle. Comme il m’arrive de parler à Hélène, à don Quichotte, à Faust, ou à quelque autre […]

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Month: September 2012

From the neo-Proudhonian blogosphere

Jean Grave, The Adventures of Nono — Chapter V

Paschal Grousset, “The Dream of an Irreconcilable” (1869)

Charles Fourier, Cardinal and the Principal Movements in the Harmony of the Universe

Proudhon, women, and the “organ of justice”

Charles Fourier, Framework for the Integral Study of Nature

Charles Fourier, The Critical State of Civilization (2 of 2)

Charles Fourier, The Critical State of Civilization (1 of 2)

Five-sixths of a Smart Set set

Han Ryner, Deo Optimo Maximo (1919)