Nationalities Considered from the Point of View of Liberty and Individual Autonomy
From Corvus Editions
(1862; 28 pages) - Nationalities, published in Belgium in 1862, is generally attributed to a M. Puraye, one of the editors of the radical paper le Prolétaire, where portions of the work appeared prior to its publication in book form. It’s one more of the lost classics of the early libertarian tradition, elaborating on Proudhon’s federalism, and adding to it a very strong critique of nationalism and the notion of the homeland. Where Proudhon was inclined to grant some legitimacy to cultural naturalism,—emphasizing, for instance, the special character of the French people,—the “Proletarian” brought a much more thorough critique. The poor have no country, and the despots who use the notion of a homeland to rule them have no organic connection, and no allegiance, to the nations that they rule. - 3.00
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