Anarchism and Other Essays
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Anarchism and Other Essays (1910) is a
Background
Emma Goldman, a noted anarchist agitator in the United States, published the first issue of Mother Earth in March 1906. Though she had written extensively for other periodicals, Mother Earth was her first experience with editing and publishing a political journal. Goldman funded the journal's publication through extensive lecture tours throughout the United States.[2]
Ben Reitman, Goldman's tour manager and romantic partner, suggested that she revise her lectures for publication.[3] Goldman herself was becoming frustrated with the limitations of lecturing to crowds. She believed the audiences were generally more interested in the spectacle of a controversial anarchist speaker than in the content of her lectures. "I am not sanguine enough to hope that my readers will be as numerous as those who have heard me," she wrote. "But I prefer to reach the few who really want to learn, rather than the many who come to be amused."[4]
Goldman completed the manuscript at a farm in
An earlier version of "The Traffic in Women", entitled "The White Slave Traffic", first appeared in Mother Earth's January 1910 edition.[6]
Contents
- "Biographic Sketch" written by Hippolyte Havel
- "Anarchism: What It Really Stands For"
- "Minorities Versus Majorities"
- "The Psychology of Political Violence"
- "Prisons: A Social Crime and Failure"
- "Patriotism: A Menace to Liberty"
- "Francisco Ferrer and The Modern School"
- "The Hypocrisy of Puritanism"
- "The Traffic in Women"
- "Woman Suffrage"
- "The Tragedy of Woman's Emancipation"
- "Marriage and Love"
- "The Drama: A Powerful Disseminator of Radical Thought"[7]
Reception and legacy
The collection received favorable reviews from critics upon its release. Commentators generally criticized Goldman's refusal to condemn political violence, but recommended the book to readers interested in social issues.[8][9] Editors at the International Socialist Review criticized Goldman's title essay for its purported exaggerations. "The 'other essays' are much better than the first," they concluded, "and contain much that is worth reading.[10]
"The Traffic in Women" has been cited in feminist discussions of marriage, sexuality, and prostitution for a century following its publication.[11][12][13] Lori Jo Marso argues that Goldman's essays, in conjunction with her life and thought, make important contributions to ongoing debates in feminism, including around "the connections and tensions between sexuality, love and feminist politics".[14] Miriam Schneir included the essay in her anthology Feminism: The Essential Historical Writings.[15]
See also
References
- OCLC 58791188.
- ISBN 978-0-8057-7494-8.
- OCLC 898422772.
- ISBN 9780598839206.
- ^ Goldman, Living, pp. 472-475
- OCLC 818816870.
- ^ Goldman, Anarchism, p. 4
- ^ Gilman, C.P. (1910). "Comment and Review". The Forerunner. 2: 58.
- ^ "Books". The Pacific Unitarian. XVIII: 157. June 1910.
- ^ "Literature". International Socialist Review. February 1911.
- ^ Kempadoo, Kamala, ed. (2012). Trafficking and Prostitution Reconsidered. Boulder: Paradigm Publishers. pp. viii.
- JSTOR 40003398.
- ^ Rubin, Gayle S. (2011). Deviations: A Gayle Rubin Reader. New York: Duke University Press. pp. 66–86.
- S2CID 143828012.
- OCLC 881183696.
External links
- Anarchism and Other Essays at Google Books
- Anarchism and Other Essays entry at the Anarchy Archives
- Anarchism and Other Essays public domain audiobook at LibriVox
- Emma Goldman : Russian-American Mother of Anarcho-Communism - Collected Essays of Emma Goldman