Paul Robin
Paul Robin (born April 3, 1837 in Toulon , † August 31, 1912 in Paris ) was a French reform pedagogue who ran the orphanage of Cempuis . He was a member of the First International , the anarchist was Bakunin close and represented the neo-Malthusianism in the Ligue de la régénération humaine . He was also committed to feminism and the liberation of women. He died of poisoning by suicide.
After studying mathematics and physics, he worked as a teacher, but left in 1865 due to a dispute. Years of travel followed, which took him mainly to London until 1879. Politically he was close to the radical socialists, but also adopted the theory of the British Neomalthusians and ideas of eugenics . Because of his anarchist sympathies and friendship with Bakunin, Karl Marx kicked him out of the Association internationale des travailleurs in 1871 .
As a pedagogue, he developed the principles of a libertarian holistic education and implemented them in the Cempuiser orphanage ( Orphelinat de Cempuis ) from 1880 to 1894. He did not want to train the destitute children for a job, but as whole people. As headmaster he let the children sing the Internationale , whereupon he was deposed as director of the orphanage because of a lack of patriotism.
- “The science officielle de l'éducation ne trouve rien de mieux à faire des jeunes adolescents que de les enfermer: les privilégiés au collège, les vulgaires à l'atelier, les parias en prison”. ("Official educational science finds nothing better for young adolescents than to include them: the privileged in college, the ordinary in the workshop, the pariah in prison.")
literature
- B. Lechevalier: Paul Robin , in: Quinze pédagogues , Paris, Armand Colin, 1997.
- M. Dommanget: Paul Robin , in: Les grands socialistes et l'éducation , Armand Colin. no year
- Jeanne Humbert: Une grande figure, Paul Robin, 1837–1912 , La Ruche ouvrière, 1967.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Robin, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French reform pedagogue |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1837 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toulon |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 31, 1912 |
| Place of death | Paris |