Sébastien Faure
Sébastien Faure (born January 6, 1858 in Saint-Étienne , † July 14, 1942 in Royan ) was a French anarchist and reform pedagogue .
Life
Sébastien Faure came from a conservative and traditionalist family. After graduation, Faure became a member of the socialist party Parti ouvrier français and ran in the elections of 1885. In 1888 Faure left the socialist party and became an anarchist. After the execution of Auguste Vaillant , Faure took care of his daughter Sidonie and later married her. In the course of the decree of the lois scélérates , Faure was also one of the defendants in the Thirty Trial , but was later acquitted. In 1895 he founded the anarchist magazine Le Libertaire together with Louise Michel . In the Dreyfus affair , Faure became one of the most important supporters of Alfred Dreyfus . Faure was also an author in Erich Mühsam's magazine Fanal . He also advocated neo-Malthusianism and advocated birth control.
La Ruche School
In 1904 he founded a boarding school La Ruche for poor children near Rambouillet, which existed until 1917, on the basis of a liberal education. Motto: Qui cherche, fait l'effort. (Those who do research work hard.) It was inspired by other reform education schools such as the orphanage of Cempuis (Paul Robin) from 1880 to 1894 and the Modern School in Barcelona in 1901 ( Francisco Ferrer ). The school had to close because of the world war.
Fonts
- Encyclopédie anarchiste . Paris 1925–34, 4 vols.
- The crimes of God . Vienna, 1926.
- The anarchists. Who we are. What we want. Our revolution . Verlag Der Freie Arbeiter, Berlin 1929.
- Jochen Knoblauch (ed.): The anarchist synthesis and other texts . Verlag Edition AV , Lich 2007, ISBN 978-3-936049-85-5 .
literature
- Roland Lewin: Sebastien Faure et "la Ruche" , Editions Ivan Davy 1989 ISBN 2-86750-012-5
Web links
- Literature by and about Sébastien Faure in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Faure, Sebastien |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French anarchist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Etienne |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 14, 1942 |
| Place of death | Royan |