Michael J. Lewis
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780691171814
- eISBN:
- 9781400884315
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691171814.003.0006
- Subject:
- Architecture, Architectural History
This chapter focuses on Johann Georg Rapp, who persuaded nearly a thousand of his followers to leave Germany for America, where they would build three towns in the wilderness, and in the process ...
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This chapter focuses on Johann Georg Rapp, who persuaded nearly a thousand of his followers to leave Germany for America, where they would build three towns in the wilderness, and in the process renounce private property, personal ambition, and even sexual relations. These towns he named Harmony (1804), New Harmony (1814), and Economy (1824); all remain intact today to an unusual degree. They reveal Rapp's ever more imaginative use of architecture as an instrument of religious expression and of social cohesion. Rapp's towns are the most important and influential of all cities of refuge, which would not only shape other separatist societies but also—as later reformers looked more at the communism of the Harmonists than their architecture—a substantial portion of the world itself.Less
This chapter focuses on Johann Georg Rapp, who persuaded nearly a thousand of his followers to leave Germany for America, where they would build three towns in the wilderness, and in the process renounce private property, personal ambition, and even sexual relations. These towns he named Harmony (1804), New Harmony (1814), and Economy (1824); all remain intact today to an unusual degree. They reveal Rapp's ever more imaginative use of architecture as an instrument of religious expression and of social cohesion. Rapp's towns are the most important and influential of all cities of refuge, which would not only shape other separatist societies but also—as later reformers looked more at the communism of the Harmonists than their architecture—a substantial portion of the world itself.
Crispin Sartwell (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780823233700
- eISBN:
- 9780823241828
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fordham/9780823233700.001.0001
- Subject:
- Philosophy, American Philosophy
This book presents the writings of Josiah Warren (1798–1873), often called “the first American anarchist.” Many of his writings are published here for the first time, or for the first time since they ...
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This book presents the writings of Josiah Warren (1798–1873), often called “the first American anarchist.” Many of his writings are published here for the first time, or for the first time since they appeared in tiny self-published pamphlets in the middle decades of the nineteenth century. Warren was a key figure in American utopianism, individualism, and radical economics. He was also an ingenious inventor in the areas of printing and music. The texts are accompanied by a full scholarly apparatus, including historical introductions and timelines, an annotated bibliography, and detailed notes.Less
This book presents the writings of Josiah Warren (1798–1873), often called “the first American anarchist.” Many of his writings are published here for the first time, or for the first time since they appeared in tiny self-published pamphlets in the middle decades of the nineteenth century. Warren was a key figure in American utopianism, individualism, and radical economics. He was also an ingenious inventor in the areas of printing and music. The texts are accompanied by a full scholarly apparatus, including historical introductions and timelines, an annotated bibliography, and detailed notes.
Crispin Sartwell
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780823233700
- eISBN:
- 9780823241828
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fordham/9780823233700.003.0003
- Subject:
- Philosophy, American Philosophy
The Peaceful Revolutionist has often been called the first anarchist periodical; it was published by Warren in 1833, using print he made on the family stove. A full issue and substantial selections ...
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The Peaceful Revolutionist has often been called the first anarchist periodical; it was published by Warren in 1833, using print he made on the family stove. A full issue and substantial selections from others are published here for the first time since then. He describes his experiences in the New Harmony community and the ideas of Robert Owen, framing his own in distinction from them.Less
The Peaceful Revolutionist has often been called the first anarchist periodical; it was published by Warren in 1833, using print he made on the family stove. A full issue and substantial selections from others are published here for the first time since then. He describes his experiences in the New Harmony community and the ideas of Robert Owen, framing his own in distinction from them.
Barbara Arneil
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- November 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780198803423
- eISBN:
- 9780191841606
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198803423.003.0008
- Subject:
- Political Science, International Relations and Politics, Political Theory
This chapter examines utopian colonies, beginning with an analysis of how they differ from labour and farm colonies. It could be argued that these colonies differ from the others because they are ...
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This chapter examines utopian colonies, beginning with an analysis of how they differ from labour and farm colonies. It could be argued that these colonies differ from the others because they are voluntary, that is, members created colonies by and for themselves based on religious, racial, and/or political commitments. But these minorities were not entirely ‘free’ or ‘voluntary’, since their choices were limited by persecution and discrimination. The key difference with the utopian colony is their radical politics. While rooted in the same principles of domestic colonialism (segregation, agrarian labour, and improvement), the first principle, segregation, was chosen by the colony’s members in order to protect and preserve their collective way of life from what was perceived to be the immorality of the larger society that surrounded it. The case studies examined in this chapter are Doukhobor colonies in Canada and Robert Owen’s utopian socialist colonies in Britain and America.Less
This chapter examines utopian colonies, beginning with an analysis of how they differ from labour and farm colonies. It could be argued that these colonies differ from the others because they are voluntary, that is, members created colonies by and for themselves based on religious, racial, and/or political commitments. But these minorities were not entirely ‘free’ or ‘voluntary’, since their choices were limited by persecution and discrimination. The key difference with the utopian colony is their radical politics. While rooted in the same principles of domestic colonialism (segregation, agrarian labour, and improvement), the first principle, segregation, was chosen by the colony’s members in order to protect and preserve their collective way of life from what was perceived to be the immorality of the larger society that surrounded it. The case studies examined in this chapter are Doukhobor colonies in Canada and Robert Owen’s utopian socialist colonies in Britain and America.
