Synthesized answer
The passages do not contain a direct explanation from Tucker of the precise chain of cause and effect by which abolishing rent and interest eliminates politics. The quoted epigraph on the title page states that “in abolishing rent and interest…the Revolution abolishes at one stroke…all those insignia of Politics” [5], but it does not unpack the reasoning behind this claim.
The passages do show that Tucker equates usury with “the exploitation of labor” and believes that freedom of credit can abolish usury [1]. They also indicate that rent is defined as “the price of monopoly” [4] and that there is a connection between “rent and the abolition of the State” [4]. However, the specific causal link—how rent and interest necessitate political structures like the sword, magistrate, and policeman—is not elaborated in the provided excerpts. Therefore, the passages give the conclusion but not the full argument Tucker implies.
Synthesized from the book passages below. Chat with the book on Feynman for follow-up.
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s, inasmuch as this banking system, or at least its central principle, is essential to the demonstration of my position. I offer him this principle as conclusive proof; he must show its error, or admit the claim. It cannot be brushed aside with a contemptuous wave of the hand. Now, what is this principle? Simply the freedom of credit and the resultant organization thereof in such a way as to eliminate the element of the reward of capital from the production and distribution of wealth. Herr Most will not dispute, I think, that freedom of credit leaves private property intact and even increases…
. use of the word, 304. voluntary associations would not collect, 342. (See also Economic rent, Land, Monopolistic rent. Single tax, Unearned increment.) Rent of skill , single-taxers should distribute, 342. Representation , minority, 47. Republicanization , of specie, 283. Resistance , propagandism by, 45. Robinson on, 68. rule or, 75-7S. (See also Aggression, Defence, Invasion, Non-resistance, Passive resistance, Restraint.) Resiraint not government, 39. Restriction on the market, 454, 455. Restrictions resulting from State Socialism, 377, 378. Revolution , armed, too easily put down,…
Or, An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government. By P. J. Proudhon . Translated from the French by Benj. R. Tucker . 500 pages. Cloth, $2.00; paper, $1.20. SYSTEM OF ECONOMICAL CONTRADICTIONS; or. The Philosophy of Misery. By P. J. Proudhon . Translated from the French by Benj. R. Tucker . 469 pages. Cloth, $2.00. MUTUAL BANKING. Showing how Interest can be Abolished. By Wm. B. Greene . 25 cents. A LETTER TO GROVER CLEVELAND on his false Inaugural Address (in 1885), the usurpations and crimes of lawmakers and judges, and the consequent poverty, ignorance, and servitude of the…
y, 60. Purchasing power of labor, 271, 272. Quacks and regular physicians , 166. Race experience , act according to, 47. Rape , Anarchism and, 149, 150. Rate of interest on capital, how determined, 207. Read, F. W. , on abolition of taxation, 35. on voluntary taxation, 31. 32. Reason the basis of social growth, 141. Rebels , individuals must be, 114. Reciprocity of credit , 242. Reciprocity of debt , 242. Reform communities no test of principles, 423. Reform clubs based on intolerance, 105. Donisthorpe on, 89-97. Reform , free money the most important, 274. Reformers , Anarchists should not…
← Instead of a Book ( 1897 ) by Benjamin R. Tucker Preface → related portals : Anarchism second edition 1238657 Instead of a Book 1897 Benjamin R. Tucker INSTEAD OF A BOOK By a Man Too Busy to Write One A FRAGMENTARY EXPOSITION OF PHILOSOPHICAL ANARCHISM CULLED FROM THE WRITINGS OF BENJ. R. TUCKER Editor of Liberty Liberty, Not the Daughter, but the Mother of Order. — Proudhon SECOND EDITION NEW YORK BENJ. R. TUCKER, Publisher 1897 For always in thine eyes, O Liberty! Shines that high light whereby the world is saved; And though thou slay us, we will trust in thee. John Hay. In…
More questions about this book
- Instead of simply defining "Philosophical Anarchism," explain how Tucker's concept, as presented in this excerpt, fundamentally redefines the relationship between "liberty" and "order," using his own words and implied arguments.
- Tucker criticizes academics and clergy who "whitewash the sins of the plutocrats" by analyzing various social movements. If Tucker were to explain his own motivation for writing "A Fragmentary Exposition of Philosophical Anarchism," how would he articulate his distinct purpose or method to avoid being seen as another purveyor of "clerical or professorial analysis"?
- Tucker dedicates his work to Josiah Warren, calling his teachings his "first source of light." Based *only* on the principles and ideas presented in this excerpt, what specific tenets of Tucker's philosophical anarchism do you hypothesize are deeply rooted in Warren's influence, and why?
- Proudhon's statement, "Liberty, Not the Daughter, but the Mother of Order," is central to Tucker's work. Explain how this aphorism fundamentally challenges conventional notions of how societal order is established and maintained. What practical implications would this redefinition of "order" have for the structure and daily functioning of a truly anarchistic society as envisioned by Tucker?