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Anarchy: Action in the Face of Uncertainty

June 15, 2020 Shawn P. Wilbur

“A distinct, anarchy-centered anarchism is not just possible, but necessary, if we are to confront the systemic challenges facing us, and that anarchism seems likely, if seriously pursued, to be adequate to the task.” Related links: “Positive Anarchy, Profusion, Uncertainty and the Uses of History“ “Legal order“ P.-J. Proudhon, The Philosophy of Progress (1853) Defining Anarchy: These preliminary, exploratory writings are always half pleasure, half drudgery for me. You can have the right elements in hand and still require a lot of experimenting before they are anything like an elegant ensemble. With this series on “Defining Anarchy,” I’m conscious, not […]

Anarchy, Harmony and the Maelstrom of Desire

June 12, 2020 Shawn P. Wilbur

“A distinct, anarchy-centered anarchism is not just possible, but necessary, if we are to confront the systemic challenges facing us, and that anarchism seems likely, if seriously pursued, to be adequate to the task.” “The ideal republic is an organization that leaves all opinions and all activities free. In this republic, every citizen, by doing what he wishes and only what he wishes, participates directly in legislation and in government, as he participates in the production and the circulation of wealth. Here, every citizen is king; for he has plenitude of power, he reigns and governs. The ideal republic is […]

Marius Jean (1887-1973)

June 4, 2020 Shawn P. Wilbur

Links: Dictionnaire des anarchistes Bianco Bibliography: Jean Marius, “Etre anarchiste,” L’En dehors 6 no. 108 (début Mai 1927): 3. Marius Jean, “Eux et nous,” L’En dehors 6 no. 113-114 (fin Juillet 1927): 2. Marius Jean, “Se réaliser,” L’En dehors 6 no. 125 (fin Décembre 1927): 3. Marius Jean, “Rêve d’avenir,” L’en dehors 7 no. 137 (début Juillet 1928): 7. Marius Jean, “Il ne faut pas abdiquer,” L’en dehors 7 no. 146 (mi-Novembre 1928): 3. Marius Jean, “L’idéal de l’anarchiste” L’en dehors No. 150 (January, 1929): 8. Marius Jean, “Une propagande qui ne plaît pas,” L’en dehors 8 no. 156 (début […]

Anarchy: Lawless and Unprincipled

May 25, 2020 Shawn P. Wilbur

“A distinct, anarchy-centered anarchism is not just possible, but necessary, if we are to confront the systemic challenges facing us, and that anarchism seems likely, if seriously pursued, to be adequate to the task.” Related links: P.-J Proudhon, The Philosophy of Progress [pdf] “Anarchy: Historical, Abstract and Resultant“ “Authority, Liberty and the Federative Principle“ “Notes on Liberty and neo-Proudhonian Anarchism“ Defining Anarchy: The ideal republic is an organization that leaves all opinions and all activities free. In this republic, every citizen, by doing what he wishes and only what he wishes, participates directly in legislation and in government, as he […]

Positive Anarchy and Collective Force

May 11, 2020 Shawn P. Wilbur

Related links: Our Lost Continent and the Journey Back [main page] “Anarchism: Plain and Neo-Proudhonian“ “Legal Order“ “Archy vs. Anarchy“ “Authority and Authority-effects“ Theories of Anarchist Development Anarchy as a Beacon and as a Focus for Synthesis Defining Anarchy: A distinct, anarchy-centered anarchism is not just possible, but necessary, if we are to confront the systemic challenges facing us, and that anarchism seems likely, if seriously pursued, to be adequate to the task. We’re off to a good start, having defined anarchy in terms of a complete break with legal and governmental order. Any anarchism taking this concept of anarchy […]

Anarchy: Into the Maelstrom

May 9, 2020 Shawn P. Wilbur

Related links: Our Lost Continent and the Journey Back [main page] “1840: Proudhon’s Barbaric Yawp“ “Anarchism: Plain and neo-Proudhonian” (April 22, 2020) Defining Anarchy: First, we scuttle the ship of state, with all hands, if need be—ourselves included—if, for the moment, only in the realm of the imagination… After all the preliminaries, all the hesitations, it is time to take the plunge, to do our best to define anarchy in such a way that it can serve us as a guide and instrument in the exploration we have undertaken. And we have told ourselves that the anarchist conception of […]

E. Armand, “Because I Consider You To Be Mine” (1913)

May 8, 2020 Shawn P. Wilbur

Parce que je te considère comme mien. Parce que je te considère comme mien, je m’intéresse à toi. Parce que je sais que je puis compter sur toi dans les heures difficiles, ou sur tes caresses quand parlent mes sens, ou sur ton savoir quand mes propres lumières défaillent, ou sur ton appui matériel quand je me trouve à bout de ressources, ou sur la sympathie quand je m’embarque dans quelque aventure de ton goût. Parce que tu es ma propriété. Parce que tu m’appartiens et que je puis faire fond sur cette possession. Parce que toi aussi tu me […]

Anarchism: Plain and neo-Proudhonian

April 22, 2020 Shawn P. Wilbur

Related Links: Our Lost Continent and the Journey Back [main page] “Theories of Anarchist Development” (December 30, 2017) Voline, “On Synthesis” (1924) “Toward a General Theory of Archy” (October 3, 2015) “Escheat and Anarchy” (October 8, 2018) “Archy vs. Anarchy” (January 28, 2020) “Neo-Proudhonian Anarchism (A Step toward Synthesis)” (April 19, 2018) GREAT DIVIDES: Lessons of the Outbound Journey In the revised outline for Our Lost Continent and the Journey Back, the work is now clearly split into two parts: Our Lost Continent: Reflections on the Anarchist Past The Journey Back: Reconsideration of Anarchist History And that first section includes […]

Anarchist History: Lessons from the Outbound Journey

April 21, 2020 Shawn P. Wilbur

Related Links: Our Lost Continent and the Journey Back [main page] GREAT DIVIDES: Lessons of the Outbound Journey It’s been almost exactly five years since I first proposed “our lost continent” as a metaphor for the most unexplored portions of the anarchist past and made my first uncertain observations regarding the terrain. It’s been almost two years since I proposed the “thought-experiment” of neo-Proudhonian anarchism and proposed a kind of synthesist reconstruction of anarchist history. And it’s been just six months since I started writing the “summary and rationale” posts, outlining the general goals and basic structure of Our Lost […]

Notes on Liberty and neo-Proudhonian Anarchism