Disruptive Elements: The Extremes of French Anarchism | |
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Disruptive Elements is a collection of previously hard to | |
find or untranslated writings of French anarchists from | |
the mid-19th to the early 20th century. Much of the | |
material presented here was translated specifically for | |
this book, and offers up a lost thread from the fabric of | |
history, one we find particularly vibrant. The editors do | |
not presume to provide a monolithic, complete, or | |
definitive story about French anarchist individualism, | |
nor do we propose answers, conclusions, or closure on any | |
of the ideas presented. We sought out the writings of | |
many of the major figures of the milieu, chose those that | |
most compelled us, and collected them here. So, a few | |
important people have been left out: Rirette Ma trejean | |
makes no appearance for example (she took over | |
publication of L Anarchie after Libertad s death and | |
merits our attention). | |
We have set out to do a number of things in publishing | |
this material. First, to provide insight on the lives of | |
forgotten anarchists through their own writings. Far too | |
little is known about many of the authors herein, despite | |
the strength of their ideas, their prolific publishing | |
accomplishments, and the mutual interests they share with | |
many anarchists today (i.e., a strong affinity to the | |
ideas of Max Stirner, a deep disdain for the Left, | |
constantly developing theories on anarchist association, | |
and an unflinching critique of authority paired with the | |
insistence that putting an end to an old one should never | |
mean submission to a new one). Though they played an | |
early and prominent role in developing and propagating | |
anarchist thought and action, their lives and writings | |
have gone unknown or under-acknowledged for too long. | |
Many of them led vibrant and inspiring lives as | |
illegalists, propagandists, deserters, travelers and | |
staunch individualists. | |
Contents: | |
Bonjour by Le Voyeur | |
The Philosophy of Defiance, or, A Pardon for Cain (1854) | |
by F lix P | |
Section One: Ernest Coeurderoy (1825-1862) | |
Hurrah!!! or Revolution by the Cossacks (excerpts) | |
Citizen of the World Jours d exil (1854-55) | |
Hurrah!!! Or the Revolution by the Cossacks (excerpt) | |
Section Two: Joseph D jacque (1821-1864) | |
The Revolutionary Question (excerpts) | |
Le Libertaire: the opening editorial to the 1858 debut | |
issue | |
Scandal | |
The Servile War | |
Section Three: Zo d Axa (1864-1930) | |
Zo d Axa, Pamphleteer and Libertarian Journalist by | |
Charles Jacquier | |
Any Opportunity | |
On the Street | |
Section Four: Georges Darien (1862-1921) | |
Le Voleur (exerpts) | |
Enemy of the People | |
Bon Mots! | |
The Road to Individualism | |
Section Five: Octave Mirbeau (1848-1917) | |
Ravachol | |
Murder Foul and Murder Fair | |
Voters Strike! | |
Moribund Society and Anarchy (preface) | |
Octave Mirbeau Obituary | |
Section Six: mile Pouget (1869-1931) | |
Boss Assassin | |
In the Meantime, Let s Castrate Those Frocks! | |
Revolutionary Bread | |
Section Seven: Albert Libertad (1875-1908) | |
Albert Libertad by Anonymous | |
The Patriotic Herd | |
The Greater of Two Thieves | |
To Our Friends Who Stop | |
Individualism | |
To the Resigned | |
Albert Libertad by M. N. | |
Section Eight: Illegalism | |
The Illegalists by Doug Imrie | |
An Anarchist on Devil s Island by Paul Albert | |
Expropriation and the Right to Live by Clement Duval | |
Obituary: Clement Duval by Jules Scarceriaux | |
Why I Became a Burglar (1905) by Marius Jacob | |
The Paris Auto-Bandits (The Bonnot Gang ) by Anonymous | |
Why I Took Part in a Burglary, Why I Committed Murder by | |
Raymond Callemin | |
Is the Anarchist Illegalist Our Comrade? by . Armand | |
Conclusions | |
Section Nine: Stirner s Influence in France | |
Stirner versus Proudhon (1905) by Maxime Leroy | |
The Theory of the Individual in Chinese Philosophy: Yang- | |
Chou by Alexandra David-N el | |
Le Stirn risme by mile Armand | |
Section Ten: mile Armand (1872-1963) | |
. Armand as I Knew Him by Mauricius | |
A Picture of the Situation | |
The Workers, The Unions, and the Anarchists | |
Section Eleven: Pierre Chardon (1892-1920) | |
Pierre Chardon by mile Armand | |
Intellectuals Such as They Are | |
The Democratic Illusion | |
Expansive Individualism | |
Our Subjectivism | |
Portrait | |
Two Attitudes | |
Letters to . Armand (excerpts) | |
Pierre Chardon by M.P. | |
Section Twelve: The Critique of Collectivism | |
Individualism and the Social Question by Andr Lorulot | |
Reflections on Individualism (1910) by Manuel Devald s | |
A La Bastille!... : An Individualist Looks at the French | |
Revolution by E. Bertran | |
The Absurdity of Politics (1919) by Paraf-Javal | |
Men Disgust Me by Andr Lorulot | |
Section Thirteen: Free Sexuality and Naturism | |
The Naturists: Precursors of Ecology by Dominique Petit | |
A Polemic: On Naturalism and the Sexual Question by | |
Pierre Chardon | |
The Utopians and the Sexual Question by mile Armand and | |
Hugo Treni | |
de Sade Introduction by . Armand | |
The Real De Sade | |
Proudhon s Repressed Sexuality by Daniel Gu rin | |
Section Fourteen: Voila Tout | |
Date Published: 2017-01-19 07:33:22 | |
Identifier: DisruptiveElements | |
Item Size: 177768970 | |
Language: eng | |
Media Type: texts | |
# Topics | |
Anarchy | |
Anarchist | |
Anarchism | |
Egoist | |
Egoism | |
Ernest Coeurderoy | |
Joseph Déjacque | |
Zo d’Axa | |
Georges Darien | |
Ravachol | |
Émile Pouget | |
Herd | |
Anti-Social | |
Antisocial | |
Thieves | |
Albert Libertad | |
Crime | |
Expropriation | |
Clement Duval | |
Marius Jacob | |
Bandits | |
The Bonnot Gang | |
Raymond Callemin | |
Illegalist | |
Illegalism | |
Stirner | |
Max Stirner | |
France | |
Proudhon | |
Yang-Chou | |
Alexandra David-Néel | |
Pierre Chardon | |
Collectivism | |
The Social Question | |
Individualism | |
Individualist | |
Politics | |
Free Sexuality | |
Naturism | |
Ecology | |
Dominique Petit | |
Naturalism | |
The Sexual Question | |
Émile Armand | |
Marquis De Sade | |
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