Josep Llunas i Pujals

Josep Llunas i Pujals (January 30, 1852–May 23, 1905) was a Catalan libertarian and free-thinker from Spain.

Josep Llunas i Pujals
Josep Llunas i Pujals c. 1900
Born	(1852-01-30)30 January 1852 Reus, Spain
Died	23 May 1905(1905-05-23) (aged 53) Barcelona, Spain
Nationality	Catalan
Citizenship	Kingdom of Spain (1852–1873) Spanish Republic (1873–1874) Kingdom of Spain (1874–1905)
Occupation(s)	Typesetter, Journalist
Years active	1870–1905
Organization(s)	FRE-AIT (1870–1881) FRTE (1881–1888)
Movement	Anarchism

He was a typesetter by profession, but he also studied music and singing and was a theatrical director. Of special significance in this regard was his role as secretary of the Catalan Athenaeum of the Working Classes, a proletarian cultural center which promoted a type of scientific anarchism. Llunas believed that the growth of science would promote social equality.

Major works

• Estudios filosófico-sociales (1882)
• La revolució: poema en tres cants (1886)
• El Ariete Socialista Internacional (1887)
• Qüestions socials (1891)
• Los partits socialistes espanyols (1892)
• La Ley y la clase obrera (1893)

See also

• Mutualism
• Anarcho-Collectivism

Bibliography

• J. Santasusagna. Reus i els reusencs en el Renaixement de Catalunya. Reus, 1982.
• Autores varios. Enciclopèdia Catalana. Barcelona, edicions 62, 1997.
• Autores varios. Història de la cultura catalana. Barcelona, edicions 62.
• Iñiguez Miguel. Esbozo de una enciclopedia histórica del anarquismo. Madrid, Fundación Anselmo Lorenzo, 2001.

External links

• International Institute of Social History: Barcelona 1893-1897