- Pantarchy
Pantarchy was the name given to a social theory proposed by
Stephen Pearl Andrews . Andrews was considered the "American rival of Comte," because of his work on an all-encompassing philosophy ofuniversology , and his political proposals had similar scope, combining elements of the individualist anarchism ofJosiah Warren , whose works Andrews had edited, with a strong belief in natural hierarchy. [Daniel Dorchester. "Christianity in the United States". Cincinnati: Phillips and Hunt, 1888. 834; Stephen Pearl Andrews. "Constitution or Organic Basis of the Pantarchy". New York: Baker and Godwin, 1860.]:The plan of this party proposes a NEW SPIRITUAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE WORLD, called THE PANTARCHY, which includes a NEW CHURCH and a NEW STATE, with, to use his own language, " all other subordinate institutions, educational, informational, &c., which are universal in their scope and nature, and which can be devised and established as subservient to the collective wants of mankind." [Daniel Dorchester. "Christianity in the United States". Cincinnati: Phillips and Hunt, 1888. 834.]
Andrews scheme of pantarchy was discussed in a series of "Weekly Bulletins" in the pages of "Woodhull and Claflin's Weekly". The American Section 12 of the
International Workingmen's Association adopted some of Andrews' proposals.ee also
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Stephen Pearl Andrews
*Victoria Woodhull
*Anarchism References
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