James L. Walker

egoist anarchism

James L. Walker (“Tak Kak”) in “Liberty” (1885–1903)

January 10, 2019 Shawn P. Wilbur
[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] J. L. Walker, “A Southern Journalist’s Opinion,” Liberty 3 no. 19 (December 12, 1885): 5. Tak Kak, “What is Justice?,” Liberty 3 no. 25 (March 6, 1886): 8. Tak Kak, “Killing Chinese,” Liberty 3 no. 25 (March 6, 1886): 8. Tak Kak, “Selfhood Terminates Blind Man’s Buff,” Liberty 4 no. 5 (July 3,1886): 8. Tak Kak, “Egoism in Sexual Relations,” Liberty 4 no. 6 (July 17, 1886): 5. Tak Kak, “Regicides and Republicans,” Liberty 4 no. 11 (November 20, 1886): 5. Tak Kak, “The Colin Campbell Suit,” Liberty. 4 no. 13 (January 1, 1887): 4. […]
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E. Armand, “James L. Walker and the Philosophy of Egoism” (1946)

March 3, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur
  James L. Walker and the Philosophy of Egoism L’Unique 14 (October 1946) In France, those who are interested in the history of the anarchist individualist movement have only seldom, if ever, heard of James L. Walker. According to those who saw him and knew him best, information on his life and activities has not been easy to gather and assemble. We know, however, that he was born at Manchester, in Great Britain, to a wealthy family, that he pursued his studies in England, France and Germany, that he was employed for some time by the Times of London, that […]
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Echoes and Fragments: Collective Egoism

April 14, 2010 Shawn P. Wilbur
One of the elements of Proudhon’s social theory which sometimes strikes people as odd or objectionable is his emphasis on “collective force” and his insistence on the existence of collective beings or individuals. I’ve had some understandably skeptical responses to my claim that Proudhon’s philosophy is essentially a philosophy of individualism—but encompassing individuals at every conceivable scale. That is, of course, a bit of a simplification—even a simplism—if we neglect to mention that, for Proudhon, individualism had a tendency to lead into socialism, and vice versa. Recall, for instance, that he expected an absolutely free and individualistic society, based on […]