We are a public charity that was organized in 2002 to educate the public about the life and work of Franklin Merrell-Wolff, as well as to publish and distribute the works of this twentieth-century American philosopher. This website plays a vital role in our efforts to fulfill this mission. Here you may access the entire archives of Franklin Merrell-Wolff, and you will find a brief biographical sketch of Wolff’s life, an introduction to his philosophy, photographs, interviews, and more. The Fellowship also utilizes this website to host an annual scholarly forum on a specific aspect of Wolff’s life or work.
The Franklin Merrell-Wolff Fellowship is pleased to announce the inauguration of an annual series of forums on Franklin Merrell-Wolff and his work. Each fall we will announce a call for papers on a topic related to Wolff and his work. The deadline for submission of these critical essays will be the following autumn, at which time accepted articles will be published in the Fellowship’s online journal, Proceedings of the Franklin Merrell-Wolff Forums. In addition, an online wallboard will be created for each piece so that readers may post responses and comments.
The Fellowship’s first forum is a reflection of current world affairs, in which we find ourselves questioning the role of government in our lives. Wolff thought that it was important to engage in the political world, and in 1940, he began to advance a political agenda known as the “Vertical Thought Movement.” This forum is prompted by the following questions: Does Wolff’s agenda have any relevance to our current political scene? In particular, can this agenda help us chart the turbulent waters of today’s political world?
