Non-Governmental Society
From Corvus Editions
(1917; 16 pages) - Edward Carpenter (1844-1929) was a prolific libertarian socialist, speaker, writer, poet, labor supporter, and early advocate of gay rights. The pamphlets in the Edward Carpenter Library present only a small, but perhaps representative, selection from his extensive literary output. Though Carpenter hesitated to identify himself as an anarchist, and was, at times, critical of anarchism, he was notable for his solidarity—particularly during the trials of the Walsall anarchists, when many socialists sought to distance themselves—and for the degree to which his “non-governmental” society mirrored anarchist social ideals.
There is a special class of "anarchist texts by non-anarchists," and this is one of the most brilliant examples of the genre. If you've never read it, treat yourself. - 1.00
