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Junius, “The Indifferent” (E. Armand)

July 17, 2020 Shawn P. Wilbur

In some autobiographical reflections published in l’Unique, E. Armand noted that late in 1897, he wrote “under the signature Franck or Junius or the two together” some articles for Sébastien Faure’s anarchist newspaper Le Libertaire. When I went in search of the writings, I found nothing earlier than February 1898, but I did find three articles signed “Junius” and three poems signed with some variation of “Frank J.” I’ve transcribed all six and am comparing the poems to similar work signed by Armand. I’ll have more to say about all of this is a future installment of the “Rambles in […]

Rambles in the Fields of Anarchist Individualism — No. 3

July 14, 2020 Shawn P. Wilbur

“Life as experience tears up programs, treads decorum under foot, breaks the windows, descends from the ivory tower. It abandons the City of Established Facts, out through the Gate of Settled Matters and roams, vagabond, in the open countryside of the Unforeseen.” Rambles in the Fields of Anarchist Individualism: Project page Related links: Pierre-Joseph Proudhon: Self-Government and the Citizen-State E. Armand, “Life as Experience” (1906) Renzo Novatore, “Intellectual Vagabonds” (1917) “Note on Mutualism and the Market-Form“ “A passage missing from The Theory of Property“ “Proudhon on the State in 1861“ “Authority, Liberty and the Federative Principle“ “Anarchy: Historical, Abstract and […]

Rambles in the Fields of Anarchist Individualism — No. 2

July 9, 2020 Shawn P. Wilbur

“Life as experience tears up programs, treads decorum under foot, breaks the windows, descends from the ivory tower. It abandons the City of Established Facts, out through the Gate of Settled Matters and roams, vagabond, in the open countryside of the Unforeseen.” Rambles in the Fields of Anarchist Individualism: Project page Sources: E. Armand, “Je n’ai pas toujours qu’une opinion,” Hors du troupeau No. 5-6 (janvier-février 1912): 85-86. E. Armand, “Parce que je tu considère comme mien,” Les Réfractaires no. 2-3 (31 janvier 1913): 13. Benjamin de Casseres, “Solitude,” Hors du troupeau No. 5-6 (janvier-février 1912): 86. E. Armand, “A […]

E. Armand, “Solidary?” (1912)

July 8, 2020 Shawn P. Wilbur

Solidaire ? Je ne demanderais pas mieux certes, que de me rendre solidaire des faits et gestes du premier venu d’entre ceux qui s’intitulent anarchistes individualistes. Mais voici: je suis moi même et anarchiste et individualiste. De sorte que je ne veux me placer, anarchiste, sous l’empire d’aucune domination. Et que je me refuse à être solidaire de ceux avec lesquels il ne m’agrée pas de faire route. Ni n’entends — individualiste — partager la responsabilité de gestes au sujet desquels on ne m’a point consulté ni même demandé mon opinion. Il est des êtres qui se réclament des points […]

Rambles in the Fields of Anarchist Individualism — No. 1

July 2, 2020 Shawn P. Wilbur

“Life as experience tears up programs, treads decorum under foot, breaks the windows, descends from the ivory tower. It abandons the City of Established Facts, out through the Gate of Settled Matters and roams, vagabond, in the open countryside of the Unforeseen.” Rambles in the Fields of Anarchist Individualism: Main page Related links: E. Armand, “Life as Experience” (1906) P.-J. Proudhon, The Philosophy of Progress (1853) “The Fundamental Laws of the Universe(!) and the Anarchism of Approximation“ “Notes on Liberty and neo-Proudhonian Anarchism“ Pseudonymous articles by E. Armand Eugène Bizeau, “Anarchist Individualist Initiation” (1924) Marius Jean (1887-1973) [main page] Posts: […]

Note on Mutualism and the Market-Form

July 1, 2020 Shawn P. Wilbur

Related Links: “Toward a General Theory of Archy“ “Escheat and Anarchy“ “Archy vs. Anarchy“ There is no doubt in my mind that mutualism has as much to offer in the ongoing conversation about establishing meaningfully anarchistic economic relations as any anarchist tendency, whether it is based in the plumbline anti-monopolism of Benjamin R. Tucker or the anti-absolutist social science of Proudhon. The part of our project that does indeed involve a kind of “market anarchism” seems bound to continue to play an important role among those not absolutely wedded to market abolitionism, if only because it is informed by a […]

Pseudonymous articles by E. Armand

June 28, 2020 Shawn P. Wilbur

Pseudonyms and unsigned articles naturally haunt bibliographers. Both are common in anarchist publications and there is often no way to clearly establish authorship. But they should also haunt historians and students of the movements involved, as the reasons for established writers to publish anonymous or pseudonymous articles are often significant. When discovered, of course, pseudonyms are often like secret passageways opening onto unexpected treasures—discoveries particularly sweetened by the feeling of catching familiar figures in a moment of misdirection. The name Hermann Sterne first caught my eye while working my way through the run of l’en dehors. There were, of course, […]

E. Armand, Profils de Précurseurs et Figures de Rêve (1931)

June 28, 2020 Shawn P. Wilbur

Links: E. Armand [main page] Profils de Précurseurs et Figures de Rêve l’initiateur ou les disciples d’Emmaüs David ou les éternels sacrifiés Max Stirner, le prophète de l’Unique Tolstoï, chrétien slave Après avoir lu Nietzsche Elisée Reclus, l’anarchiste huguenot Edgar Poë, le conteur de l’extraordinaire Un grand humaniste anglo-saxon : Havelock Ellis Le féminin dans l’oeuvre d’Ibsen Le cauchemar L’Initiateur ou les disciples d’Emmaüs … Alors leurs yeux s’ouvrirent et ils le reconnurent, mais il disparut de devant eux. Et ils se dirent l’un à l’autre : Notre cœur ne brülait-il pas au dedans de nous, lorsqu’il nous parlait en chemin… […]

E. Armand, “En marge du vice et de la vertu” (1937)

June 25, 2020 Shawn P. Wilbur

Links: E. Armand [main page] TABLE DES MATIERES Qui est E. Armand ? La Liberté triomphera — Le Libertaire 2e série, 5 no. 267 (17 Décembre 1923): 1. Vivre sa Vie — Le Libertaire 3e série, 29 no. 14 (31 Décembre 1923): 1-2. À vous les Humbles — Par-delà la Mêlée 1 no. 24 (mi Février 1917): 1. Les en dedans — L’En dehors 2 no. 8 (mi-Mars 1923): 1. Lendemain de vote — L’En dehors 3 no. 35 (15 Mai 1924): 1. La Bête de Proie — L’En dehors 4 no. 57 (19 Avril 1925): 1. [signed Me. Grosjean; […]

E. Armand, “Fleurs de solitude et Points de repère” (1926)

June 24, 2020 Shawn P. Wilbur

Links: E. Armand [main page] Flowers of Solitude and Points of Reference (draft edition) “Fleurs de solitude“ “Points de repère” (1926-1937) E. Armand in “Le Libertaire” (1902-1926) April 29, 2024: — After almost four years of on again, off again translation work, I have completed a draft translation of the aphorisms and short articles included in the original edition of Fleurs de Solitude et Points de Repère. A pdf containing those draft translations can be found in the archive. The next phase for this particular project involves assembling translations of the remaining aphorisms and short articles from Armand’s work […]