“‘Individualism’ in the Mid-Nineteenth Century”


1845-1945, 1946-Today, Bibliographic, Book, Max Stirner

David Westling comments on an article titled “‘Individualism’ in the Mid-Nineteenth Century” by Koenrad W. Swart. Swart’z article is from Journal of the History of Ideas, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jan. – Mar., 1962), pp. 77-90 (Published by: University of Pennsylvania Press | DOI: 10.2307/2708058 ). This article was in the archives of Egoist Archive. In an effort to get that […]

December 12, 2016

Dora Marsden on Race and the Individual


Dora Marsden

Excerpt from ‘Against Words – Against Thoughts’, part of the compilation Dora Marsden: The Freewoman and the Egoist Volume One (out of print ebook). Seeing as many old-time writers used “(the) race” as a synonym for “species”, much like “the human race” is used today, I’m unsure if she’s referring to humanity, or the bio-geographic […]

December 5, 2016

Malaclypse the Younger on Egoism and other words…


1946-Today, Minus One

From Minus One (1963), No. 26, August 1970. This thievery from Wikipedia gives the uninitiated some background: Gregory Hill (21 May 1941 – 20 July 2000), better known by the pen name Malaclypse the Younger, was one of the two writers of the Principia Discordia, along with Kerry Wendell Thornley (aka Lord Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst). He […]

November 20, 2016

Henry Bool – Two Types: Patriot and Anarchist


1845-1945

Henry Bool, editor of “Liberty Luminants” collections mentioned in the previous post, can also be found in Benjamin R. Tucker’s Liberty, Volume 15, No 5.  Below you’ll find a short piece by Tucker, followed by a letter from a disgruntled “Patriot.” As an additional note, the Labadie Collection contains correspondence of Henry Bool: Consists of […]

October 17, 2016