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v. t. e. Albert Jay Nock (October 13, 1870 – August 19, 1945) was an American libertarian author, editor first of The Freeman and then The Nation, educational theorist, Georgist, and social critic of the early and middle 20th century. He was an outspoken opponent of the New Deal, and served as a fundamental inspiration for the modern ...
Albert Jay Nock was an editor and author of many articles in well-read journals of his time. He is best known, though, for two of his enduring books, Memoirs of a Superfluous Man, and Our Enemy the State. (See By Nock at this site for a helpful list.) Besides the idea that an individual person could be superfluous, and along with many other ...
Jul 4, 2000 · Learn about the life and work of Albert Jay Nock, a libertarian author, aesthete, and social critic who advocated individualism and denounced collectivism. Discover his style, scholarship, personality, and influence in this comprehensive biography.
Learn about the life and work of Albert Jay Nock, a radical antistatist thinker and writer of the twentieth century. Explore his books, essays, and views on society, education, war, and liberty.
May 8, 2022 · Albert Jay Nock (1870-1945) was a writer, editor, and political thinker who influenced libertarianism, conservatism, and anti-imperialism. He argued that the State was the enemy of freedom and social power, and that land distribution was the key to economic justice.
A web page that lists and links to Nock's books, essays, letters, and other resources. Nock was a political and social critic, a libertarian, and a historian of ideas.
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Oct 1, 2023 · It is almost 100 years since the libertarian essayist and social critic Albert Jay Nock (1870–1945) published his essay “On Doing the Right Thing” in the pages of the American Mercury (November 1924). Nowadays, the very title of the essay may seem strange to many modern American readers. The “right thing?” Surely, the right thing is just “doing your own thing.”The greater the ...
