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

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.

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