Charles-Auguste Bontemps (February 9, 1893 – October 14, 1981) was a French
individualist anarchist
Individualist anarchism is the branch of anarchism that emphasizes the individual and their Will (philosophy), will over external determinants such as groups, society, traditions and ideological systems."What do I mean by individualism? I mean ...
,
pacifist
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,
freethinker
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and
naturist
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activist and writer."Charles-Auguste Bontemps" at Ephemeride Anarchiste /ref>Cédric Guérin. "Pensée et action des anarchistes en France : 1950-1970" /ref>
Life and works
Bontemps was born on February 9, 1893, in the
Nièvre
Nièvre () is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, central-east France. Named after the river Nièvre, it had a population of 204,452 in 2019. He collaborated in the anarchist publication ''Ce qu'il faut dire'' led by
Sébastien Faure
Sébastien Faure (6 January 1858 – 14 July 1942) was a French anarchist, freethought and secularist activist and a principal proponent of synthesis anarchism.
Biography
Before becoming a free-thinker, Faure was a seminarist. He engaged ...
. After briefly joining the French Communist Party shortly after the ongoing October Revolution he joined the
anti-militarist
Antimilitarism (also spelt anti-militarism) is a doctrine that opposes war, relying heavily on a critical theory of imperialism and was an explicit goal of the First International, First and Second International. Whereas pacifism is the doctrine t ...
organization "Ligue Internationale des Réfractaires à la guerre". During the time of the Spanish Civil War he joined the "Solidarité Internationale Antifasciste".
He was an important personality in the foundation of the francophone Anarchist Federation. The new base principles of the francophone Anarchist Federation were written by Bontemps and Maurice Joyeux which established an organization with a plurality of tendencies and autonomy of federated groups organized around synthesist principles. He also participated in the refoundation of the francophone Anarchist Federation in 1953. Around 1967, Bontemps, alongside Maurice Joyeux and Guy Bodson on the francophone Anarchist Federation´s journal ''Le Monde libertaire'', had an exchange of criticism with the members of
Situationist International
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including
Guy Debord
Guy-Ernest Debord (; ; 28 December 1931 – 30 November 1994) was a French Marxist theorist, philosopher, filmmaker, critic of work, member of the Letterist International, founder of a Letterist faction, and founding member of the Situationis ...
.
He was a prolific author mainly on the topics of anarchism,
freethinking
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, pacifism and
Anarcho-naturism
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. His views on anarchism were based around his concept of "Social Individualism" on which he wrote extensively. He defended an anarchist perspective which was based on "a collectivism of things and an individualism of persons."
He died on October 14, 1981 in Paris.
See also
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List of peace activists
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Writings
*''L'Anarchisme et le réel. Essai d'un rationalisme libertaire'', illust. d'Aline Aurouet, Les Cahiers francs, Paris, 1963, 185 p. CFR, CDA, CIRA-L, CP, IFHS, IIHSDF 520 Ko*''L'Anarchisme et l'évolution'', éd. du gr. Maurice-Joyeux (FA), Paris, 1996, 31 p. CCFR*''Les Artisans de l'avenir'', éd. du gr. Maurice-Joyeux (FA), Paris, 1998, 15 p. CCFR*''Attaqués par un loup'' (conte), illust. par R. Marmottin, Les Editions de l'âme française, Paris, 1946, 12 p. CFR*''Ba-ta-clan : histoire de quatre ans en dix petites images d'Epinal, dessin hors texte de Germain Delatousche'', Les Cahiers critiques et satiriques, n° 1 as d'autres numéros à notre connaissance Paris, 1923, n.p. 6CFR, CIRA-L, CIRA-M, CP, IFHS, IIHS*''Carré d'as et oraisons'', éd. Les Cahiers francs, Paris, 1976, 20 p. CFR, CDA, IFHS, IIHS*''La Croyance en Dieu'' CCFR*''Le Démocrate devant l'autorité'', Les Cahiers francs, Paris, 1949, 93 p. CFR, CDA, CIRA-M, CP, IFHS, IIHSDF 296 Ko*''Destins'' (poèmes), illust. d'Aline Aurouet, éd. Les Cahiers francs, Paris, 1961, 102 p. CFR, CIRA-M, IFHS, IIHS*''Deux conférences : Polyandrie et prostitution''; L'Esprit libertaire, Contre-Courant n° 18, Paris, 1955, 46-XII p. CCFR, IFHS*''Dieu et mon Roy, le pape contre Maurras'', éd. de l'Epi, Paris, 1929, 62 p. CFR, CDA*''Du soleil sur la route, poèmes satiriques'', Les Cahiers critiques et satiriques, Paris, 1924, 73 p. CFR*''Eloge de l'égoïsme, La Propagande par la brochur''e, Vieux-Vy-sur-Couesnon (Ille-et-Vilaine), 2000, n.p. CCFR, aIIHS, CIRA-L*''L'Esprit libertaire'', éd. Ce qu'il faut dire, Paris, 1946, n.p. CCFR, CDA, IIHS rééd. – ''Contre-Courant'', Paris, 1951, n.p. CCFR, CP– gr. Maurice-Joyeux (FA), Paris, 1996, 20 p. CCFR*''Félix de la forêt'', illust. d'Aline Aurouet, Les Cahiers francs, Paris, 1959, 116 p. CFR, CDA, CIRA-M, CP, IFHS, IIHS*''La Femme et la sexualité'', Les Cahiers francs, Paris, 1956, 288 p. CFR, IFHS, IIHS*''Grappilles sur un fond d'individualisme social. Opinions et commentaires'', illust. d'Aline Aurouet, éd. Les Cahiers francs, Paris, 1984, 103 p. CFR, CP, IFHS*''L'Homme devant l'Eglise'', cinq conférences polémiques sur l'Eglise et l'évolution, Les Cahiers francs, Paris, 1931, 212 p. CFR, CDA, CIRA-L, CIRA-M, CP, IFHS, IIHS*''L'Homme et la liberté'', Les Cahiers francs, n° 4, Paris, 1955, 204 p. CFR, CDA, CP, IFHS, IIHSDF 500 Ko*''L'Homme et la propriété'', Les Cahiers francs, Paris, 1959, 94 p. CFR, CDA, CIRA-L, IFHS, IIHSDF 364 Ko*''L'Homme et la race'', Les Cahiers francs, Paris, 1951, 91 p. CFR, CDA, CIRA-M, CP, IFHS, IIHS'IFHS signale une autre édition : Lib. Claudian, Paris, 1951, 94 p.*''Immanences'' (poetry), Les Cahiers francs, Paris, 1970, 92 p. CFR, CDA*''L'Individualisme social. Résumé et commentaires'', Les Cahiers francs, Paris, 1967, 45 p. CFR, CDA, IFHS, IIHSDF 284 Ko rééd. gr. Maurice-Joyeux (FA), Paris, 1995, 15 p. CCFR*''Intermittences'', introd. de H. de Madaillan, La Goëlette, Paris, 1953, 117 p. CFR, CIRA-M, IFHS, IIHS*''Les Majordomes du ciel, la congrégation et les droits de l'enfant'', éd. de l'Epi, coll. Les Cahiers satiriques, n° 1, Paris, 1928, 63 p. CFR, CDA, CP*''Marginales'' Soixante-cinq années de poésie » illust. d'Aline Aurouet, introd. (posthume) de Henry de Madaillan, Les Cahiers francs, Paris, 1979, 316 p. CFR, CP*''Miroir d'hommes. Notes à l'envers sous un angle d'individualisme social'', Les Cahiers francs, Paris, 1972, 218 p. CFR, CDA, CP, IFHS, IIHS*''Nudisme (pourquoi, comment)'', postf. de M.K. de Mongeot, 28 photographies, éd. de Vivre, coll. de la Libre Culture, 1930, 188 p. CFR, CP, IFHS, IIHS*''Octogenèses'' (et) ''Florales'' (poésies), illust. d'Aline Aurouet, Les Cahiers francs, Paris, 1977, 82 p. CFR, CP*''L'Œuvre de l'homme et son immoralité'', éd. de l'Epi, Paris, 1927, 178 p. CFR, CDA, IIHS*''Paganes'' (poèmes), illust. d'Aline Aurouet, musique de Germaine Bontemps, éd. Les Cahiers francs, Paris, 1962, 51 p. CCFR, IFHS, IIHS*''Peut-on croire encore au progrès ? Controverse'', n° 1, Paris, 1932, 64 p. CCFR, IFHS*''Polyandrie et prostitution'' CCFR*''Pro amicis, notes biographiques et correctives'', préf. d'Aline Aurouet, Les Cahiers francs, Paris, 1974, 57 p. CFR, CDA, IIHS*''Les Serfs du Vatican. L'Eglise contre le peuple.'' De Marc Sangnier au Père Philippe, éd. de l'Epi, coll. Les Cahiers satiriques, n° 2, Paris, 1929, 63 p. CFR, CP*''Synthèse d'un anarchisme évolutif'', Paris, 1952, 5 p. CCFR, IFHS, IIHS*''Ton cœur et ta chair. L'amour et le mariage à travers les âges'', dessins de Germain Delat
Presles, 1926, 223 p. CFR, CP, IIHSre Charles-Auguste Bontemps /ref>
See also
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André Arru
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