Anarchist Manifesto is a work by Anselme Bellegarrigue

Anselme Bellegarrigue

Anselme Bellegarrigue was a French individualist anarchist, born between 1820 and 1825 in Toulouse and presumed dead around the end of the 19th century in Central America...

, notable for being the first manifesto

Manifesto

A manifesto is a public declaration of principles and intentions, often political in nature. Manifestos relating to religious belief are generally referred to as creeds. Manifestos may also be life stance-related.-Etymology:...

 of anarchism

Anarchism

Anarchism is generally defined as the political philosophy which holds the state to be undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, or alternatively as opposing authority in the conduct of human relations...

. It was written in 1850, ten years after Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon was a French politician, mutualist philosopher and socialist. He was a member of the French Parliament, and he was the first person to call himself an "anarchist". He is considered among the most influential theorists and organisers of anarchism...

 became history's first self-proclaimed anarchist with the publication of his seminal What Is Property?

What Is Property?

What Is Property?: or, An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government is an influential work of nonfiction on the concept of property and its relation to anarchist philosophy by the French anarchist and mutualist Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, first published in 1840.In the book, Proudhon most...

.
It was translated into English

English language

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 by Paul Sharkey and republished in 2002 as a 42 page political pamphlet

Pamphlet

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 by the Kate Sharpley Library

Kate Sharpley Library

The Kate Sharpley Library is a library dedicated to anarchist texts and history. Started in 1979 and reorganized in 1991, it currently holds around ten thousand English language volumes, pamphlets and periodicals...

 with an introduction placing the manifesto in historical context by Anarchist Studies

Anarchist Studies

Anarchist Studies is a biannual academic journal on anarchism. It takes an interdisciplinary approach, examining the history, culture, and theory of anarchism...

editor Sharif Gemie.

Publication history

• Anselme Bellegarrigue, Manifeste de l'Anarchie, L'Anarchie, Journal de l'Ordre, Issue 1, April 1850.