The Debates of Liberty - An Overview of Individualist Anarchism, 1881-1908

In her pioneering work, The Debates of Liberty, Wendy McElroy provides a comprehensive examination of one of the most remarkable and influential political phenomena in America: the anarchist periodical Liberty and the circle of radicals who surrounded it. Liberty, which is widely considered to be the premier individualist-anarchist periodical ever issued in the English language, published such items as George Bernard Shaw's first original article to appear in the United States and the first American translated excerpts of Friedrich Nietzsche. Arguably the world's foremost expert on Liberty, Dr. McElroy exposes the reader to the controversy etched in each debate, ranging from radical civil liberties to economic theory, and from children's rights to the basis of rent and interest. While addressing the facts, Dr. McElroy also conveys and captures the individualistic personalities that emerged: Lysander Spooner, Auberon Herbert, Joshua K. Ingalls, John Henry Mackay, Victor Yarros, and Wordsworth Donisthorpe are only a partial listing.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Benjamin Tucker, Liberty, and Individualist Anarchism
Chapter 2 On the State and Politics
Chapter 3 On Violence
Chapter 4 Egoism v. Natural Rights
Chapter 5 Children's Rights
Chapter 6 Intellectual Property
Chapter 7 Trial by Jury
Chapter 8 Economics: The Money Debate
Chapter 9 Appendix 1. Periodicals Associated with Liberty
Chapter 10 Appendix 2. Liberty's Library

About the author

Wendy McElroy is a Research Fellow at The Independent Institute. She is an author or editor of a number of works including Liberty for Women (Ivan R. Dee, publisher 2002) and Liberty 1881-1908: A Comprehensive Index, (1982).

Product details

• Authors: Wendy Mcelroy
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.12.2002
• EAN: 9780739104736
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-0473-6
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 236 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 435 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, 20th Century, REFERENCE / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Anarchism, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, Serials, periodicals, abstracts, indexes, History of the Americas, Anarchism