Stephen Pearl Andrews

Stephen Pearl Andrews (March 22, 1812 – May 21, 1886) was an American libertarian socialist, individualist anarchist, linguist, political philosopher, and outspoken abolitionist.

Life

Andrews was born on March 22, 1812 in Templeton, Massachusetts. He studied law and was admitted to the state bar in 1833. In 1857, Andrews established the Unitary Homes on East 14 St. and Stuyvesant St. in New York City.

Andrews was a supporter of the woman suffrage movement. Additionally, Andrews was considered a leader in the religious movement of spiritualism. Anarcho-syndicalist Rudolf Rocker called Andrews a significant exponent of libertarian socialism in the United States.

Andrews' individualist anarchism is a form of economic mutualism.

Personal life In 1835, he married Mary Ann Gordon, with whom he had four children including a son, H. L. Andrews, who married the traveler and writer Lilian Leland. The Science of Society (1851) The Sovereignty of the Individual (1853) Discoveries in Chinese or the Symbolism of the Primitive Characters (1854) Principles of Nature, Original Physiocracy, the New Order of Government (1857) The Pantarchy (1871) The Primary Synopsis of Universology and Alwato: The New Scientific Universal Language (1871) The Basic Outline of Universology (1872) The Primary Grammar of Alwato (1877) The Labor Dollar (1881) Elements of Universology (1881) The New Civilization (1885)