Year: 2021

Proudhon Library

P.-J. Proudhon, “Principles of the Philosophy of Progress” (selections)

January 17, 2021 Shawn P. Wilbur
[Ms. 2867, part of “Economy,” contains a section on the “Principles of the Philosophy of Progress,” which focuses on the character of collective beings and collective reason, as well as sections applying the principles.] PRINCIPLES OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF PROGRESS I.—THE CONDITIONS OF EXISTENCE. Man is made up of parts called members or organs. What makes his reality is the animistic [animique] gathering of these organs into a whole that, as long as it lives, is called a person. In the same way, a society is made up of parts that are persons or aggregations of persons. What establishes the […]
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Constructing Anarchisms: Vital Things

January 17, 2021 Shawn P. Wilbur
MAIN PAGE: Constructing Anarchisms All readings (pdf) — updated regularly Suggested readings: [Week 5 Readings (pdf)] Constructing an Anarchism: Synthesis Pierre-Joseph Proudhon: Self-Government and the Citizen-State Legal Order Authority and Authority-Effects But What About the Children? Bakunin, “What is Authority?“ From last week: [Week 4 Readings (pdf)] Constructing an Anarchism: Tradition Gérard Lacaze-Duthiers, “The True Revolutionaries” [audio] Charles-Auguste Bontemps, “Synthesis of an Evolving Anarchism” (1952) [audio] Voline, “On Synthesis” (1924) [Audio: Part 1, Part 2] Constructing Anarchisms: Clarifications and Additional Tools Ways to get lost for a while: Rambles in the Fields of Anarchist Individualism Our Lost Continent: Episodes from […]
l'en dehors

l’en dehors (1922-1939)

January 13, 2021 Shawn P. Wilbur
Selected bibliography and content: 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 [E. Armand] 1937 1938 1939 Author pages, etc.: Gabriel (1922-25) Eugène Bizeau (1883-1989) Gérard de Lacaze-Duthiers Enzo di Villafiore (1924-25) Ovide Ducauroy (1887-1953) Maurice Imbard [feed] Pierre Madel (1930-31) Anselme Mauzé (1930-38) Georgette Ryner unsigned articles Cartoons from “l’en dehors” Letters to “l’en dehors” from Max Nettlau and Emma Goldman (1922) Plucked from the Fields of Anarchist Individualism Plucked from the fields of 1925 Plucked from the fields of 1930 Louis Moreau (1883-1958) l’en dehors: an inventory [Unless otherwise noted, issues […]
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Constructing an Anarchism: Synthesis

January 10, 2021 Shawn P. Wilbur
MAIN PAGE: Constructing Anarchisms Suggested readings: [Week 5 Readings (pdf)] Constructing an Anarchism: Synthesis Pierre-Joseph Proudhon: Self-Government and the Citizen-State Legal Order Authority and Authority-Effects But What About the Children? Bakunin, “What is Authority?“ From last week: [Week 4 Readings (pdf)] Constructing an Anarchism: Tradition Gérard Lacaze-Duthiers, “The True Revolutionaries” [audio] Charles-Auguste Bontemps, “Synthesis of an Evolving Anarchism” (1952) [audio] Voline, “On Synthesis” (1924) [Audio: Part 1, Part 2] Constructing Anarchisms: Clarifications and Additional Tools Ways to get lost for a while: Rambles in the Fields of Anarchist Individualism Our Lost Continent: Episodes from an Alternate History of the Anarchist […]
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Constructing Anarchisms: Clarifications and Additional Tools

January 8, 2021 Shawn P. Wilbur
MAIN PAGE: Constructing Anarchisms Suggested readings: Extrications: History, Tradition, Theory [audio] Gérard Lacaze-Duthiers, “The True Revolutionaries“ [audio] Charles-Auguste Bontemps, “Synthesis of an Evolving Anarchism” (1952) [audio] Voline, “On Synthesis” (1924) [Audio: Part 1, Part 2] Related readings: Toward a General Theory of Archy [audio] Escheat and Anarchy [audio] Archy vs. Anarchy René Furth, “The Anarchist Question” (1972) [pdf] [Audio: Part 1, Part 2] From last week: Toward a General Theory of Archy [audio] Escheat and Anarchy [audio] Archy vs. Anarchy René Furth, “The Anarchist Question” (1972) [pdf] [Audio: Part 1, Part 2] Ways to get lost for a while: Rambles […]
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Constructing an Anarchism: Tradition

January 3, 2021 Shawn P. Wilbur
MAIN PAGE: Constructing Anarchisms Suggested readings: Extrications: History, Tradition, Theory [audio] Gérard Lacaze-Duthiers, “The True Revolutionaries“ Charles-Auguste Bontemps, “Synthesis of an Evolving Anarchism” (1952) Voline, “On Synthesis” (1924) [Audio: Part 1, Part 2] Related readings: Toward a General Theory of Archy [audio] Escheat and Anarchy [audio] Archy vs. Anarchy René Furth, “The Anarchist Question” (1972) [pdf] [Audio: Part 1, Part 2] From last week: Toward a General Theory of Archy [audio] Escheat and Anarchy [audio] Archy vs. Anarchy René Furth, “The Anarchist Question” (1972) [pdf] [Audio: Part 1, Part 2] Ways to get lost for a while: Rambles in the […]
French texts

Charles Malato, “Souvenirs de Nouvelle-Calédonie” (1901)

January 1, 2021 Shawn P. Wilbur
Other writings on New Caledonia: As Talamo: New Caledonian Tales (1897) [English translation] “Chez les sauvages,” L’Aurore 5. no 1309 (20 Mai 1901): 1. “Les Canaques de Touho,” L’Aurore 5. no 1312 (23 Mai 1901): 1. “Missionnaires et Canaques,” L’Aurore 5. no 1322 (2 Juin 1901): 1-2. “Chez les canaques,” L’Action 4 no. 1066 (27 février 1906): 1-2. Un drame à l’Ile de Pins, serial in La France libre, 28 mars – 22 juin 1920 (68 installments) Damê : poème canaque, serial in La France libre, 3 février – 28 mars 1920 (32 installments) Les déportés, serial in Le Quotidien, […]