Exquisite Rebel: The Essays of Voltairine de Cleyre -- Anarchist, Feminist, Genius

Exquisite Rebel: The Essays of Voltairine de Cleyre -- Anarchist, Feminist, Genius

Exquisite Rebel: The Essays of Voltairine de Cleyre -- Anarchist, Feminist, Genius

Exquisite Rebel: The Essays of Voltairine de Cleyre -- Anarchist, Feminist, Genius

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Overview

Brings the writings of de Cleyre out of undeserved obscurity.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780791460948
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 02/10/2005
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 348
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Voltairine de Cleyre (1866–1912) was one of the most original and important anarchist intellectuals of her time. Sharon Presley teaches psychology at California State University at Hayward. She is the founder and Executive Director of Resources for Independent Thinking and the National Coordinator of the Association of Libertarian Feminists. Crispin Sartwell is Associate Professor of Art and Art History at Dickinson College and the author of several books. His most recent book is Against the State: An Introduction to Anarchist Political Theory, also published by SUNY Press. His political writing appears in The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Harper's, among other outlets. He also writes a syndicated weekly opinion column.

Table of Contents

Preface by Candace Falk

Acknowledgments

Part I: Biographical Essays: Three Views of Voltairine de Cleyre

"Priestess of Pity and Vengeance" by Crispin Sartwell
"The Exquisite Rebel: The Anarchist Life of Voltairine de Cleyre" by Sharon Presley
"Emma Goldman's 'Voltairine de Cleyre': A Moving but Flawed Tribute" by Sharon Presley
"Voltairine de Cleyre" by Emma Goldman

Part II: Loving Freedom: Anarchism Without Adjectives

Introduction by Sharon Presley

"Why I am an Anarchist"
"Anarchism"
"Events are the True Schoolmaster"
"Anarchism and American Traditions"
"A Correction"

Part III: Wild Freedom: A Passion for Liberty and Justice

Introduction by Sharon Presley

"The Dominant Idea"
"Crime and Punishment"
"In Defense of Emma Goldman"

Part IV: Neither Gods nor Superstitions: Freethought and Religion

Introduction by Sharon Presley

"The Economic Tendency of Freethought"
"Secular Education"

Part V: No Authority But Oneself: The Anarchist Feminist Philosophy of Autonomy and Freedom

Introduction by Sharon Presley

"Those Who Marry Do Ill"
"The Case of Woman Versus Orthodoxy"
"The Woman Question"
"Sex Slavery"
"The Political Equality of Women"

Part VI: Not Another Brick in the Wall: Nonauthoritarian Education

Introduction by Crispin Sartwell and Sharon Presley

"Modern Educational Reform"

Part VII: Breaking the Chains: Changing Society through Direct Action

Introduction by Crispin Sartwell

"Direct Action"
"The Eleventh of November, 1887"
"Our Present Attitude"
"McKinley's Assassination From the Anarchist Standpoint"

Part VIII: The Political is the Personal: Anarchist Esthetics

Introduction by Crispin Sartwell

"Literature the Mirror of Man"

Index

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