The May Pamphlet

By Paul Goodman

Subjects: Social sciences, Government, resistance to, Addresses, essays, lectures, Resistance to Government, anarchism

Description: **The May Pamphlet** is a collection of six anarchist essays written and published by Paul Goodman in 1945. Goodman discusses the problems of living in a society that represses individual instinct through coercion. He suggests that individuals resist such conditions by reclaiming their natural instincts and initiative, and by "drawing the line", an ideological delineation beyond which an individual should refuse to conform or cooperate with social convention. While themes from The May Pamphlet—decentralization, peace, social psychology, youth liberation—would recur throughout his works, Goodman's later social criticism focused on practical applications rather than theoretical concerns. (Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_May_Pamphlet))