The political doctrine which asserts that economic and social life should not be subject to any governmental control. The leading early exponents of this view were Pierre Proudhon (1809–65) and Mikhail Bakunin (1815–76). In practice,...

Overview History Theory in Depth Theory in Action Analysis and Critical Response Topics for...

Anarchism "Anarchism" is a social philosophy that rejects authoritarian government and maintains that voluntary institutions are best suited to express man's natural social tendencies. Historically the word anarchist , which...

Anarchism (from Greek ἀν (without) + ἄρχειν (to rule) + ισμός (from stem -ιζειν), "without archons," "without rulers")[1] is a political philosophy encompassing theories and attitudes which reject compulsory government[2] (the...

ANARCHISM Sean M. Sheehan London: Reaktion Books, 2003. 175 pp. $26.95 Anarchism, by Sean M. Sheehan, provides an informative historical analysis of anarchism, highlighting the role that anarchism plays in the contemporary anti-globalization movement. Sheehan, who has written a number of history and...

Liz Aggiss and Billy Cowie with Ian Bramley, eds. Anarchic Dance (London and New York: Routledge, 2006) 197 pp. with DVD-ROM In the late 1960s, ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax collaborated with dance analysts Irmgard Barteneiff and Forrestine Paulay to create Choreometrics, a system for...

History of Somalia since the collapse of the last effective central government:_ January 1991: President Mohamed Siad Barre is overthrown by clan-based rebels, who quickly turn on each other._ April 1992: Massive U.N. relief operation begins to help thousands of civilians left starving because of...

Main findings of the declassified portion of the National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq:_ Growing polarization of Iraqi society, weak security forces and a weak government are driving violence and political extremism._ If new plans for Iraq don't work over the coming year to 18 months,...

In the following essay, Crowder illuminates three major sources of anarchist thought: the concept of the moral and rational perfectibility of man, Jean-Jacques Rousseau's critique of civilization, and the optimism of Enlightenment science.

In the following excerpt, Kline discusses the American brand of individualist anarchism advocated by Josiah Warren and Stephen Pearl Andrews.

In the following excerpt, Morland analyzes Kropotkin's theory of anarchism.