Disruptive Elements: The Extremes of French Anarchism

by Ernest Cœurderoy, Joseph Déjacque, Zo D'Axa

A dense compendium of old and brand-new translations of a dizzying array of names from the individualist anarchist tendency, mostly from early 20th Century France. New translations from Wolfi Landstreicher, Shawn Wilbur, and vincent stone. Anyone who is interested in this tendency, fans of My Own, Enemies of Society, Stirner's works, etc., will find much to enjoy and fodder for future research in this book.

267 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2014

About the author

Ernest Cœurderoy was a medical doctor, a revolutionary journalist and a French libertarian writer. He lived in exile for most of his life and committed suicide.

Coeurderoy vigorously opposed the republican and socialist leaders, who saw them as responsible for the defeat of the 1848 revolution. Under the triple influence of Charles Fourier, Pierre Leroux and Proudhon, he advocated for a system that was a "synthesis of collectivism and libertarian mutualism". He demanded collective ownership of the means of production, free access for all to work instruments, individual property and the mutual exchange of labor products.