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Stephen Pearl Andrews

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Stephen Pearl Andrews
Born(1812-04-22)April 22, 1812
DiedMay 21, 1886(1886-05-21) (aged 74)
Occupation(s)Activist, journalist, philosopher, writer
Known forAmerican individualist anarchist and outspoken abolitionist

Stephen Pearl Andrews (1812–1886) was an American libertarian socialist, individualist anarchist, linguist, political philosopher, and outspoken abolitionist.

Life

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By the end of the 1840s, Andrews began to focus his energies on utopian communities. Fellow individualist anarchist Josiah Warren was responsible for Andrew's conversion to radical individualism and in 1851 they established Modern Times in Brentwood, New York. He was elected an Associate Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1846.[1] In 1857, Andrews established the Unitary Homes on East 14 St. and Stuyvesant St. in New York City.[2]

Thought

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In the 1870s, Andrews promoted Joseph Rodes Buchanan's psychometry besides his own universology predicting that a priori derived knowledge would supersede empirical science as exact science.[3] Andrews was also considered a leader in the religious movement of spiritualism.[4] Anarcho-syndicalist Rudolf Rocker called Andrews a significant exponent of libertarian socialism in the United States.[5]

Andrews' individualist anarchism is a form of economic mutualism.[6]

Works

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter A" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
  2. ^ https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1859/07/07/issue.html
  3. ^ "A discourse on Seven Sciences.; Cerebral Physiology, Cerebral Psychology, Sarcognomy, Psychometry, Pneumatology, Pathology, and Cerebral Pathology". The New York Times. March 17, 1878. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  4. ^ "Stephen Pearl Andrews.; Death of the Well Known Abolitionist, Philosopher, and Linguist". The New York Times. May 23, 1886. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  5. ^ Rocker, Rudolf (1949). Pioneers of American Freedom. New York: J. J. Little and Ives Co. pp. 85.
  6. ^ Martin, James J. (1970). Men Against the State. Colorado Springs: Ralph Myles Publisher. p. 44.
  7. ^ "The science of society". 1888.

Further reading

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  • Stern, Madeleine (1968). The Pantarch: A Biography of Stephen Pearl Andrews. University of Texas Press.
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