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Daniel Guérin

April 11, 2023

For the French table tennis player, see Daniel Guérin (table tennis).

Daniel Guérin (French: [ɡeʁɛ̃]; 19 May 1904, in Paris – 14 April 1988, in Suresnes) was a French libertarian-communist author, best known for his work Anarchism: From Theory to Practice, as well as his collection No Gods No Masters: An Anthology of Anarchism in which he collected writings on the idea and movement it inspired, from the first writings of Max Stirner in the mid-19th century through the first half of the 20th century. He is also known for his opposition to Nazism, fascism, capitalism, imperialism and colonialism, in addition to his support for the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) during the Spanish Civil War. His revolutionary defense of free love and homosexuality influenced the development of queer anarchism.

Daniel Guérin
Daniel Guérin in 1925
Born(1904-05-19)19 May 1904
Paris, France
Died14 April 1988(1988-04-14) (aged 83)
Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France
NationalityFrench
Scientific career
Influences

CGT, PSOP, and Libertarian Marxism

Guérin was born into a liberal Parisian family.[1] Early on, he started political activism in the revolutionary syndicalist magazine La Révolution prolétarienne of Pierre Monatte. He abandoned university and a literary career in 1926, traveling to Lebanon (1927–1929) and French Indochina (1929–1930) and became a passionate opponent of colonial ventures.[1]

LGBT+ activism

Guérin, a bisexual, offers an insight into the tension sexual minorities among the Left have often experienced. He was a leading figure in the French Left from the 1930s until his death in 1988. He contributed to the homophile journal Arcadie.[1] In 1954, Guérin was widely attacked for his study of the Kinsey Reports in which he also detailed the oppression of homosexuals in France. "The harshest [criticisms] came from Marxists, who tend seriously to underestimate the form of oppression which is antisexual terrorism. I expected it, of course, and I knew that in publishing my book I risked being attacked by those to whom I feel closest on a political level."[2] After coming out in 1965, Guérin was abandoned by the Left, and his papers on sexual liberation were censored or refused publication in left-wing journals.[3] Guérin was involved in the uprising of May 1968, and was a part of the French Gay Liberation movement that emerged after the events. Decades later, Frédéric Martel described Guérin as the "grandfather of the French homosexual movement."[4] Guérin spoke about the extreme hostility toward homosexuality that permeated the left throughout much of the 20th century.[5] "Not so many years ago, to declare oneself a revolutionary and to confess to being homosexual were incompatible," Guérin wrote in 1975.[6]

Works

  • Le livre de la dix-huitième année (poèmes), Paris, Albin Michel, 1922
  • L'enchantement du Vendredi Saint (roman), Paris, Albin Michel, 1925
  • La vie selon la chair (roman), Paris, Albin Michel, 1929
  • Fascisme et grand capital. Italie-Allemagne, Paris, Éditions de la révolution prolétarienne, 1936
    • English translation by Einde O’ Callaghan Fascism and Big Business.
  • La lutte des classes sous la Première République, 1793-1797, Paris, Gallimard, 2 vol., 1946 (édition abrégée : Bourgeois et bras-nus, 1793-1795, 1968)
  • Où va le peuple américain ?, Paris, Julliard, 2 vol., 1950-1951
  • Au service des colonisés, Paris, Éditions de Minuit, 1954
  • Kinsey et la sexualité, Paris, Julliard, 1955
  • Les Antilles décolonisées, préface d'Aimé Césaire, Paris, Présence Africaine, 1956
  • Trois problèmes de la Révolution, 1958 essay
    • English translation by Paul Sharkey: "Three Problems of the Revolution"
  • Jeunesse du socialisme libertaire, Paris, Rivière, 1959
  • Shakespeare et Gide en correctionnelle ?, Paris, Editions du Scorpion, 1959
  • Le grain sous la neige, adaptation théâtrale d'après Ignazio Silone, Éditions Mondiales, 1961
  • Vautrin, adaptation théâtrale d'après Honoré de Balzac, Paris, La Plume d'or, 1962
  • Eux et lui, illustré par André Masson, Monaco, Editions du Rocher, 1962
  • Essai sur la révolution sexuelle après Reich et Kinsey, Paris, Belfond, 1963
  • Front Populaire, révolution manquée ?, Paris, Julliard, 1963
  • Décolonisation du noir américain, Paris, Présence Africaine, 1963
  • L'Algérie qui se cherche, Paris, Présence Africaine, 1964
  • Un jeune homme excentrique. Essai d'autobiographie, Paris, Julliard, 1965
  • Sur le fascisme : I- La peste brune ; II- Fascisme et grand capital, Paris, Maspero, 1965 (réédition)
  • L'anarchisme. De la doctrine à l'action, Paris, Gallimard, 1965
  • Ni Dieu ni maître. Histoire et anthologie de l'anarchie, Paris, Éditions de Delphes, 1965
  • Pour un marxisme libertaire, Paris, Laffont, 1969
  • Rosa Luxembourg et la spontanéité révolutionnaire, Paris, Flammarion, 1971
  • Autobiographie de jeunesse. D'une dissidence sexuelle au socialisme, Paris, Belfond, 1972
  • De l'Oncle Tom aux Panthères Noires, Paris, UGE, 1973 (réédition : Les Bons Caractères, 2010)
  • Les assassins de Ben Barka. Dix ans d'enquête, Paris, Guy Authier, 1975
  • La Révolution française et nous, Paris, Maspero, 1976
  • Proudhon oui et non, Paris, Gallimard, 1978
  • Homosexualité et révolution, Paris, Le vent du ch'min, 1983

References

  1. ^ a b c Marshall, Bill (2005). France and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History: a Multidisciplinary Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. pp. 541–. ISBN 978-1-85109-411-0.
  2. ^ Letter of 27 May 1955, Fonds Guérin, BDIC, F° Δ 721/carton 12/4, quoted in Chaperon, ‘Le fonds Daniel Guérin et l’histoire de la sexualité’ in Journal de la BDIC, no.5 (June 2002), p.10
  3. ^ Berry, David. "For a dialectic of homosexuality and revolution". Paper for "Conference on "Socialism and Sexuality. Past and present of radical sexual politics", Amsterdam, 3–4 October 2003. The Anarchist Library. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  4. ^ Martel, Frédéric (2000). Le rose et le noir. Les homosexuels en France depuis 1968 [Pink and black. Homosexuals in France since 1968] (in French). Paris: Seuil. p. 46.
  5. ^ "Aragon, victime et profiteur du tabou" [Aragon, victim and profiteer of the taboo]. Homosexualité et Révolution [Homosexuality and Revolution]. Gai Pied Hebdo (in French). pp. 62–63. The Parti Communiste Français was "hysterically intransigent as far as 'moral behaviour' was concerned"
    * The trotskyist Pierre Lambert's OCI was "completely hysterical with regard to homosexuality"; Lutte ouvrire was theoretically opposed to homosexuality; as was the Ligue communiste, despite their belatedly paying lip service to gay lib. (à confesse, Interview with Gérard Ponthieu in Sexpol no. 1 (20 January 1975), pp.10-14.)
    * Together, Guérin argued, such groups bore a great deal of responsibility for fostering homophobic attitudes among the working class as late as the 1970s. Their attitude was "the most blinkered, the most reactionary, the most antiscientific". (Etre homosexuel et révolutionnaire, La Quinzaine littéraire, no. 215, no. spécial : ‘Les homosexualités’ (August 1975), pp. 9-10. Quote p. 10)
  6. ^ Guérin, Daniel. 1975. "Etre homosexuel et révolutionnaire", La Quinzaine littéraire [fr], no. 215, no. spécial : ‘Les homosexualités’ (August 1975), pp. 9-10.

Further reading

  • Berry, David (2014-07-03). "Metamorphosis: The Making of Daniel Guérin, 1904–1930". Modern & Contemporary France. 22 (3): 321–342. doi:10.1080/09639489.2013.856875. ISSN 0963-9489. S2CID 145567818.
  • Berry, David (2022). A Life in the Service of Revolution: Daniel Guérin, 1904-1988. Oakland, CA: PM Press.
  • Copley, Antony R. H. (1989). "Daniel Guérin: Towards Self-Acceptance". Sexual Moralities in France, 1780–1980: New Ideas on the Family, Divorce, and Homosexuality. London: Routledge. pp. 181–197. ISBN 978-0-415-00360-5. OCLC 883700728.
  • Saintin, Alexandre (2013-08-08). "The Socialist Intellectual Daniel Guérin in Germany: Before and after the Disaster". Vingtième Siècle. Revue d'Histoire (in French). 119 (119): 15–28. doi:10.3917/ving.119.0015. ISSN 0294-1759.
  • Schwartzwald, Robert (2005). "GUÉRIN, DANIEL (1904–1988)". In Marshall, Bill (ed.). France and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History. ABC-CLIO. pp. 541–542. ISBN 978-1-85109-411-0.

External links

  • DanielGuerin.info Designed by activists, researchers and relatives, this site is dedicated to the life and works of Daniel Guerin
  • Anarchist Archives
  • Anarchism: From Theory to Practice
  • Daniel Guérin Archive at marxists.org
  • Full text at the Internet Archive

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For the French table tennis player see Daniel Guerin table tennis Daniel Guerin French ɡeʁɛ 19 May 1904 in Paris 14 April 1988 in Suresnes was a French libertarian communist author best known for his work Anarchism From Theory to Practice as well as his collection No Gods No Masters An Anthology of Anarchism in which he collected writings on the idea and movement it inspired from the first writings of Max Stirner in the mid 19th century through the first half of the 20th century He is also known for his opposition to Nazism fascism capitalism imperialism and colonialism in addition to his support for the Confederacion Nacional del Trabajo CNT during the Spanish Civil War His revolutionary defense of free love and homosexuality influenced the development of queer anarchism Daniel GuerinDaniel Guerin in 1925Born 1904 05 19 19 May 1904Paris FranceDied14 April 1988 1988 04 14 aged 83 Suresnes Hauts de Seine FranceNationalityFrenchScientific careerInfluencesMax StirnerKarl MarxMikhail BakuninPeter KropotkinLeon Trotsky Contents 1 CGT PSOP and Libertarian Marxism 2 LGBT activism 3 Works 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External linksCGT PSOP and Libertarian Marxism EditGuerin was born into a liberal Parisian family 1 Early on he started political activism in the revolutionary syndicalist magazine La Revolution proletarienne of Pierre Monatte He abandoned university and a literary career in 1926 traveling to Lebanon 1927 1929 and French Indochina 1929 1930 and became a passionate opponent of colonial ventures 1 LGBT activism EditGuerin a bisexual offers an insight into the tension sexual minorities among the Left have often experienced He was a leading figure in the French Left from the 1930s until his death in 1988 He contributed to the homophile journal Arcadie 1 In 1954 Guerin was widely attacked for his study of the Kinsey Reports in which he also detailed the oppression of homosexuals in France The harshest criticisms came from Marxists who tend seriously to underestimate the form of oppression which is antisexual terrorism I expected it of course and I knew that in publishing my book I risked being attacked by those to whom I feel closest on a political level 2 After coming out in 1965 Guerin was abandoned by the Left and his papers on sexual liberation were censored or refused publication in left wing journals 3 Guerin was involved in the uprising of May 1968 and was a part of the French Gay Liberation movement that emerged after the events Decades later Frederic Martel described Guerin as the grandfather of the French homosexual movement 4 Guerin spoke about the extreme hostility toward homosexuality that permeated the left throughout much of the 20th century 5 Not so many years ago to declare oneself a revolutionary and to confess to being homosexual were incompatible Guerin wrote in 1975 6 Works EditLe livre de la dix huitieme annee poemes Paris Albin Michel 1922 L enchantement du Vendredi Saint roman Paris Albin Michel 1925 La vie selon la chair roman Paris Albin Michel 1929 Fascisme et grand capital Italie Allemagne Paris Editions de la revolution proletarienne 1936 English translation by Einde O Callaghan Fascism and Big Business La lutte des classes sous la Premiere Republique 1793 1797 Paris Gallimard 2 vol 1946 edition abregee Bourgeois et bras nus 1793 1795 1968 Ou va le peuple americain Paris Julliard 2 vol 1950 1951 Au service des colonises Paris Editions de Minuit 1954 Kinsey et la sexualite Paris Julliard 1955 Les Antilles decolonisees preface d Aime Cesaire Paris Presence Africaine 1956 Trois problemes de la Revolution 1958 essay English translation by Paul Sharkey Three Problems of the Revolution Jeunesse du socialisme libertaire Paris Riviere 1959 Shakespeare et Gide en correctionnelle Paris Editions du Scorpion 1959 Le grain sous la neige adaptation theatrale d apres Ignazio Silone Editions Mondiales 1961 Vautrin adaptation theatrale d apres Honore de Balzac Paris La Plume d or 1962 Eux et lui illustre par Andre Masson Monaco Editions du Rocher 1962 Essai sur la revolution sexuelle apres Reich et Kinsey Paris Belfond 1963 Front Populaire revolution manquee Paris Julliard 1963 Decolonisation du noir americain Paris Presence Africaine 1963 L Algerie qui se cherche Paris Presence Africaine 1964 Un jeune homme excentrique Essai d autobiographie Paris Julliard 1965 Sur le fascisme I La peste brune II Fascisme et grand capital Paris Maspero 1965 reedition L anarchisme De la doctrine a l action Paris Gallimard 1965 English translation by Mary Klopper Anarchism From Theory to Practice with an introduction by Noam Chomsky New York Monthly Review Press 1970 Ni Dieu ni maitre Histoire et anthologie de l anarchie Paris Editions de Delphes 1965 Pour un marxisme libertaire Paris Laffont 1969 Rosa Luxembourg et la spontaneite revolutionnaire Paris Flammarion 1971 Autobiographie de jeunesse D une dissidence sexuelle au socialisme Paris Belfond 1972 De l Oncle Tom aux Pantheres Noires Paris UGE 1973 reedition Les Bons Caracteres 2010 Les assassins de Ben Barka Dix ans d enquete Paris Guy Authier 1975 La Revolution francaise et nous Paris Maspero 1976 Proudhon oui et non Paris Gallimard 1978 Homosexualite et revolution Paris Le vent du ch min 1983References Edit a b c Marshall Bill 2005 France and the Americas Culture Politics and History a Multidisciplinary Encyclopedia ABC CLIO pp 541 ISBN 978 1 85109 411 0 Letter of 27 May 1955 Fonds Guerin BDIC F D 721 carton 12 4 quoted in Chaperon Le fonds Daniel Guerin et l histoire de la sexualite in Journal de la BDIC no 5 June 2002 p 10 Berry David For a dialectic of homosexuality and revolution Paper for Conference on Socialism and Sexuality Past and present of radical sexual politics Amsterdam 3 4 October 2003 The Anarchist Library Retrieved 5 November 2017 Martel Frederic 2000 Le rose et le noir Les homosexuels en France depuis 1968 Pink and black Homosexuals in France since 1968 in French Paris Seuil p 46 Aragon victime et profiteur du tabou Aragon victim and profiteer of the taboo Homosexualite et Revolution Homosexuality and Revolution Gai Pied Hebdo in French pp 62 63 The Parti Communiste Francais was hysterically intransigent as far as moral behaviour was concerned The trotskyist Pierre Lambert s OCI was completely hysterical with regard to homosexuality Lutte ouvri re was theoretically opposed to homosexuality as was the Ligue communiste despite their belatedly paying lip service to gay lib a confesse Interview with Gerard Ponthieu in Sexpol no 1 20 January 1975 pp 10 14 Together Guerin argued such groups bore a great deal of responsibility for fostering homophobic attitudes among the working class as late as the 1970s Their attitude was the most blinkered the most reactionary the most antiscientific Etre homosexuel et revolutionnaire La Quinzaine litteraire no 215 no special Les homosexualites August 1975 pp 9 10 Quote p 10 Guerin Daniel 1975 Etre homosexuel et revolutionnaire La Quinzaine litteraire fr no 215 no special Les homosexualites August 1975 pp 9 10 Further reading Edit Anarchism portal Communism portal Socialism portalBerry David 2014 07 03 Metamorphosis The Making of Daniel Guerin 1904 1930 Modern amp Contemporary France 22 3 321 342 doi 10 1080 09639489 2013 856875 ISSN 0963 9489 S2CID 145567818 Berry David 2022 A Life in the Service of Revolution Daniel Guerin 1904 1988 Oakland CA PM Press Copley Antony R H 1989 Daniel Guerin Towards Self Acceptance Sexual Moralities in France 1780 1980 New Ideas on the Family Divorce and Homosexuality London Routledge pp 181 197 ISBN 978 0 415 00360 5 OCLC 883700728 Saintin Alexandre 2013 08 08 The Socialist Intellectual Daniel Guerin in Germany Before and after the Disaster Vingtieme Siecle Revue d Histoire in French 119 119 15 28 doi 10 3917 ving 119 0015 ISSN 0294 1759 Schwartzwald Robert 2005 GUERIN DANIEL 1904 1988 In Marshall Bill ed France and the Americas Culture Politics and History ABC CLIO pp 541 542 ISBN 978 1 85109 411 0 External links EditDanielGuerin info Designed by activists researchers and relatives this site is dedicated to the life and works of Daniel Guerin Anarchist Archives Anarchism From Theory to Practice Daniel Guerin Archive at marxists org The Anarchist Writings of Daniel Guerin Full text at the Internet Archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Daniel Guerin amp oldid 1147574044, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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