Between Liberalism and Regeneration: The Colombian Experience in Élisée Reclus's Anarchist Formation

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Published: Sep 17, 2018
Keywords:
Reclus, anarchy, travel, Nueva Granada, Santa Marta

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Marcos Wasem
ANEP, Uruguay

Abstract

Geographer and anarchist thinker Élisée Reclus visited Nueva Granada between 1855 and 1857, looking for a place to establish a Socialist community. Although his utopian endeavor failed, in his account he configures some of his political notions, such as his defense of vegetarianism and free union, or the criticism of both land regime and racism. In this essay I analyze his relationship with some of Nueva Granada’s men of letters as well as the role of this trip in his future anarchist thought.

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Vol. 51 (2018)
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Author Biography

Marcos Wasem, ANEP, Uruguay

He is a Literature professor in the ANEP of Uruguay. He completed his doctorate in Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Languages ​​and Literatures in the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He has published the books Barroso y sublime: Poética para Perlongher and El amor libre en Montevideo. Roberto de las Carreras y la irrupción del anarquismo erótico en el Novecientos, winner of the 2014 National Literature Prize in Uruguay, in the unpublished essay category.