''L'Anarchie'' (, ''anarchy'') was a
French individualist anarchist
Individualist anarchism or anarcho-individualism is a collection of anarchist currents that generally emphasize the individual and their will over external determinants such as groups, society, traditions, and ideological systems.
Individuali ...
journal based in
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...
and established in April 1905 by
Albert Libertad.
Along with Libertad, contributors to the journal included
Émile Armand
E. Armand (March 26, 1872 – February 19, 1963), pseudonym of Ernest-Lucien Juin, was an influential French individualist anarchist at the beginning of the 20th century and also a dedicated free love/polyamory, intentional community, and pacifi ...
,
André Lorulot,
Émilie Lamotte,
Raymond Callemin, and
Victor Serge
Victor Serge (; born Viktor Lvovich Kibalchich, ; 30 December 1890 – 17 November 1947) was a Belgian-born Russian revolutionary, novelist, poet, historian, journalist, and translator. Originally an anarchist, he joined the Bolsheviks in Janu ...
.
[ Rirette Maîtrejean and Victor Kibaltchich, who initially advocated ]illegalism
Illegalism is a tendency of anarchism that developed primarily in France, Italy, Belgium and Switzerland during the late 1890s and early 1900s as an outgrowth of individualist anarchism. Illegalists embrace criminality either openly or secret ...
, changed their publishing policy in 1911 when the old team disappeared after a break-in.
484 editions were published between 13 April 1905 and 22 July 1914.
On 21 April 1926 Louis Louvet relaunched ''L'Anarchie'', which appeared until 1929.
Founding
L'Anarchie was founded by Albert Libertad in 1905, with the first issue appearing on April 13. Libertad was a more militant anarchist, urging individuals to rebel, instead of the more common idea of a social revolution. L'Anarchie was against Anarcho-syndicalism
Anarcho-syndicalism is an anarchism, anarchist organisational model that centres trade unions as a vehicle for class conflict. Drawing from the theory of libertarian socialism and the practice of syndicalism, anarcho-syndicalism sees trade uni ...
and the traditional anarchism of Kropotkin
Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin (9 December 1842 – 8 February 1921) was a Russian anarchist and geographer known as a proponent of anarchist communism.
Born into an aristocratic land-owning family, Kropotkin attended the Page Corps and later ...
or Bakunin
Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin. Sometimes anglicized to Michael Bakunin. ( ; – 1 July 1876) was a Russian revolutionary anarchist. He is among the most influential figures of anarchism and a major figure in the revolutionary socialist, so ...
, believing in the act of rebelling as individuals rather than the utopian egalitarian society most Anarcho-Syndicalists fight for.Émile Armand
E. Armand (March 26, 1872 – February 19, 1963), pseudonym of Ernest-Lucien Juin, was an influential French individualist anarchist at the beginning of the 20th century and also a dedicated free love/polyamory, intentional community, and pacifi ...
said in an interview that " ibertadknew of Stirner and Nietzsche
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher. He began his career as a classical philologist, turning to philosophy early in his academic career. In 1869, aged 24, Nietzsche became the youngest pro ...
. One was not concerned with a future society always promised and which never came; the economic and social point of view was put to the side. Individualism was a permanent struggle between the individual and their surroundings, the negation of authority, law and exploitation an its corollary, authority."
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Entire editions of numbers of ''L'Anarchie''
''l'anarchie, Paris, 13 April 1905''
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l'anarchie, Paris, 11 May 1905
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l'anarchie, Paris, 18 May 1905
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l'anarchie, Paris, 25 May 1905
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l'anarchie, Paris, 1 June 1905
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l'anarchie, Paris, 8 June 1905
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l'anarchie, Paris, 15 June 1905
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l'anarchie, Paris, 22 June 1905
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l'anarchie, Paris, 29 June 1905
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l'anarchie, Paris, 6 July 1905
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l'anarchie, Paris, 13 July 1905
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l'anarchie, Paris, 27 July 1905
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l'anarchie, Paris, 3 August 1905
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l'anarchie, Paris, 10 August 1905
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l'anarchie, Paris, 24 August 1905
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l'anarchie, Paris, 31 August 1905
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l'anarchie, Paris, 7 September 1905
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l'anarchie, Paris, 14 September 1905
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l'anarchie, Paris, 21 September 1905
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l'anarchie, Paris, 28 September 1905
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l'anarchie, Paris, 5 October 1905
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l'anarchie, Paris, 12 October 1905
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l'anarchie, Paris, 19 October 1905
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l'anarchie, Paris, 26 October 1905
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l'anarchie, Paris, 2 November 1905
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l'anarchie, Paris, 9 November 1905
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l'anarchie, Paris, 16 November 1905
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l'anarchie, Paris, 23 November 1905
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l'anarchie, Paris, 30 November 1905
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l'anarchie, Paris, 7 December 1905
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l'anarchie, Paris, 14 December 1905
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l'anarchie, Paris, 21 December 1905
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Articles from ''L'Anarchie''
* Some articles can be found on wikisource
L’illusion révolutionnaire (''L’anarchie'' n°264, 28 April 1910)
La grève des cheminots (''L’anarchie'', 20 October 1910)
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