Free Pages and Hard Times Anarchist Musings

by Prada, Manuel González; Sobrevilla, David; Fornoff, Frederick H.

• ISBN13: 9780195116885
• ISBN10: 0195116887
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-03-13
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Manuel González Prada was a powerful Peruvian writer and political reformer whose essays and speeches influenced generations of young radicals. He founded the Party of National Unity in 1891, was linked to the anarchist movement, and served as Director of the National Library from 1912-1914. His writings have had enormous impact on the literary and political life of Peru: taking up the defense of exploited indigenous people, broadsiding the landowning oligarchy, and denouncing the social and political errors of the country. In fact, the radical politics Prada advocated then are still alive and relevant today: Modernization (secularization) of Peru, transformation of a nation through its people, promotion of internationalism (universalism) versus overt patriotism (communitarianism), and condemnation of war. This translation is based on the Obras of González Prada , edited by Luis Alberto Sánchez. It includes essays, speeches and polemical writings drawn from two of Prada's only books of prose published during his lifetime, Paginas Libres and Horas de Lucha , in addition to unpublished manuscripts and works previously printed in newspapers and magazines. His writings are gathered thematically under the subheadings "Peruvian Problems," "Anarchy," and "Philosophical, Literary, and Linguistic Problems."

Author Biography

David Sobrevilla is Professor of Philosophy at the National University of Saint Marcos of Lima and of Philosophy of Law at the University of Lima. He has published numerous works on philosophy, philosophy of law and of culture, German and Latin American aesthetics, and theory of aesthetics. Frederick Fornoff is Professor of Spanish, Comparative Literature, and Creative Writing at The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. He is the recipient of many awards including the NEA, NEH, and Fulbright.

Table of Contents

Series Editors' General Introduction	p. vii
Criteria for This Edition	p. xi
Biographical Note on Manuel GonzáLez Prada	p. xiv
Chronology of Manuel GonzáLez Prada	p. xv
Introduction	p. xxiii
Notes	p. lii
Selected Bibliography	p. lviii
About the Editor and Translator	p. lxiii
Free Pages and Other Essays: Anarchist Musings	p. 1
Free Pages	p. 7
Lecture at the Atheneum in Lima: (1886)	p. 9
Speech at the Olympus Theater: (1888)	p. 30
Grau: (1885)	p. 40
Speech at the Politeama Theater: (1888)	p. 46
Peru and Chile: (1888)	p. 52
Vijil: (1885)	p. 61
Catholic Education: (1892)	p. 73
Propaganda and Attack: (1888)	p. 93
Rënan: (1893)	p. 105
Notes on Language: (1890)	p. 119
Death and Life: (1890)	p. 131
Times of Struggle	p. 141
The Parties and the National Union: (1898)	p. 143
The Intellectual and the Worker: (1905)	p. 165
Our Judges: (1902)	p. 173
Our Indians: (1904)	p. 181
New Free Pages	p. 195
Poetry: (1902)	p. 197
A Moment of Philosophy: (1884-88)	p. 208
Diogenes' Cask	p. 215
Our Mother: (1896-98)	p. 217
Anarchy	p. 221
Anarchy: (1907)	p. 223
The Universal Holiday: (1905)	p. 227
The Responsibility of the Anarchist	p. 230
The State: (1904)	p. 239
Authority: (1904)	p. 241
The Beginning: (1905)	p. 243
The Sword: (1904)	p. 245
Socialism and Anarchy: (1906)	p. 248
Strikes: (1906)	p. 251
The Soldier's Rebellion: (1906)	p. 253
The First of May (1907): (1907)	p. 255
Antipoliticians: (1907)	p. 258
Revolution: (1907)	p. 260
The First of May (1908A): (1908)	p. 263
The Police	p. 266
The Two Nations	p. 270
The First of May (1908B): (1908)	p. 273
The Individual	p. 275
The Paris Commune: (1909)	p. 279
Force: (1901)	p. 282
Under Opprobrium	p. 287
Caporalismo: (1914)	p. 289
The Good Revolution	p. 293
The Rotten Core: (1914)	p. 296
Tyrannicide	p. 301
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