Everything about John Henry Mackay totally explained
John Henry Mackay (
1864 –
May 16,
1933) was an
individualist anarchist, thinker and writer. Born in Scotland and raised in Germany, Mackay was the author of
Die Anarchisten (The Anarchists) (1891) and
Der Freiheitsucher (The Searcher for Freedom) (1921). Mackay was published in the
United States in his friend
Benjamin Tucker's magazine,
Liberty. He was a noted homosexual.
Life
Mackay lived in Berlin from 1896 onwards, and became a friend of scientist and Gemeinschaft der Eigenen co-founder
Benedict Friedlander.
Mackay died in Stahnsdorf on May 16, 1933, ten days after the
Nazi book burnings at the
Institut für Sexualwissenschaft.
Adolf Hitler had become
dictator two months earlier, and all activities of the German homosexual emancipation movement soon ceased. Allegations that Mackay's death may have been a suicide have been disputed:
Mackay died on 16 May 1933 in the office of his doctor, only a few houses from his own, apparently of a heart attack. He was also suffering from stones in his bladder. |
Writing and influence
Using the
pseudonym Sagitta, Mackay wrote a series of works for
pederastic emancipation, titled
Die Buecher der namelosen Liebe (
Books of the Nameless Love). This series was conceived in 1905 and completed in 1913. Under the same pseudonym he also published fiction, such as the pederastic novel of the
Berlin boy-bars,
Der Puppenjunge (
The Hustler) (1926), a work confirmed as realistic by
Christopher Isherwood who had experienced the scene personally.
From 1906, the writings and theories of Mackay had a significant influence on
Adolf Brand's organisation Gemeinschaft der Eigenen. Mackay was also a key populariser of the work of
Max Stirner (1806-1856) outside Germany, writing a biography of the philosopher which also added greatly to the understanding of the work of
Friedrich Nietzsche in the
English-speaking world.
Richard Strauss's well-known songs from his
Vier Lieder (Op. 27), a wedding gift to his wife,
Morgen and
Heimliche Aufforderung (
Secret Invitation) set two of Mackay's poems inspired by the love of boys to music.
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