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Anarchism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Anarchism is a political philosophy encompassing theories and attitudes which consider the state, as compulsory government, to be unnecessary, harmful, and/or undesirable, and favors the absence of the state (anarchy.) Specific anarchists may have additional criteria for what constitutes anarchism, and they often disagree with each other on what these criteria are. According to The Oxford Companion to Philosophy, 'there is no single defining position that all anarchists hold, and those considered anarchists at best share a certain family resemblance.' ..."
"Anarchism is a political philosophy encompassing theories and attitudes which consider the state, as compulsory government, to be unnecessary, harmful, and/or undesirable, and favors the absence of the state (anarchy.) Specific anarchists may have additional criteria for what constitutes anarchism, and they often disagree with each other on what these criteria are. According to The Oxford Companion to Philosophy, 'there is no single defining position that all anarchists hold, and those considered anarchists at best share a certain family resemblance.' ..."
Articles
Anarchism, by Voltairine de Cleyre, Free Society, 13 Oct 1901
Examines various economic propositions for anarchism (socialist, communist, individualist and mutualist) and opines that all could be tried out
"There are two spirits abroad in the world, - the spirit of Caution, the spirit of Dare, the spirit of Quiescence, the spirit of Unrest; the spirit of Immobility, the spirit of Change ... Anarchism ... is a theory of the relations due to man and comes as an offered solution to the societary problems arising from the existence of these two tendencies of which I have spoken."
Examines various economic propositions for anarchism (socialist, communist, individualist and mutualist) and opines that all could be tried out
"There are two spirits abroad in the world, - the spirit of Caution, the spirit of Dare, the spirit of Quiescence, the spirit of Unrest; the spirit of Immobility, the spirit of Change ... Anarchism ... is a theory of the relations due to man and comes as an offered solution to the societary problems arising from the existence of these two tendencies of which I have spoken."
Libertarian Anarchism: Responses to Ten Objections [PDF], by Roderick Long, 6 Aug 2004
Transcript of talk given at the 2004 Mises University. First makes the case for anarchism and then responds to objections others have raised against it
"Government Is Not a Coercive Monopoly ... Hobbes: Government Is Necessary for Cooperation ... Locke: Three 'Inconveniences' of Anarchy ... Ayn Rand: Private Protection Agencies Will Battle ... Robert Bidinotto: No Final Arbiter of Disputes ... Property Law Cannot Emerge from the Market ... Organized Crime Will Take Over ... The Rich Will Rule ... Robert Bidinotto: The Masses Will Demand Bad Laws ... Robert Nozick and Tyler Cowen: Private Protection Agencies Will Become a de facto Government"
Transcript of talk given at the 2004 Mises University. First makes the case for anarchism and then responds to objections others have raised against it
"Government Is Not a Coercive Monopoly ... Hobbes: Government Is Necessary for Cooperation ... Locke: Three 'Inconveniences' of Anarchy ... Ayn Rand: Private Protection Agencies Will Battle ... Robert Bidinotto: No Final Arbiter of Disputes ... Property Law Cannot Emerge from the Market ... Organized Crime Will Take Over ... The Rich Will Rule ... Robert Bidinotto: The Masses Will Demand Bad Laws ... Robert Nozick and Tyler Cowen: Private Protection Agencies Will Become a de facto Government"
Society without a State, by Murray N. Rothbard, 28 Dec 1974
Related Topics: Law, The State, Taxation
Talk delivered at the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy
"In my view, the anarchist society is one which maximizes the tendencies for the good and the cooperative, while it minimizes both the opportunity and the moral legitimacy of the evil and the criminal. If the anarchist view is correct and the state is indeed the great legalized and socially legitimated channel for all manner of antisocial crime — theft, oppression, mass murder — on a massive scale, then surely the abolition of such an engine of crime can do nothing but favor the good in man and discourage the bad."
Related Topics: Law, The State, Taxation
Talk delivered at the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy
"In my view, the anarchist society is one which maximizes the tendencies for the good and the cooperative, while it minimizes both the opportunity and the moral legitimacy of the evil and the criminal. If the anarchist view is correct and the state is indeed the great legalized and socially legitimated channel for all manner of antisocial crime — theft, oppression, mass murder — on a massive scale, then surely the abolition of such an engine of crime can do nothing but favor the good in man and discourage the bad."
Books
Anarchy, State and Utopia
by Robert Nozick, 1974
Related Topics: The State
1975 National Book Award
by Robert Nozick, 1974
Related Topics: The State
1975 National Book Award
- ISBN 0465002706
: Paperback, Basic Books, 1974
- ISBN 0465051006
: Paperback, Basic Books, Revised edition, 2007
- ISBN 0465097200
: Paperback, Basic Books, 1977
- ISBN 063119780X
: Paperback, Blackwell Publishing, New edition, 2001
Podcasts
Are You an Anarchist?, by Roderick Long, The Lew Rockwell Show, 14 Nov 2008
Long explains what is anarchism and describes his intellectual influences
Long explains what is anarchism and describes his intellectual influences