Anarchism is a far left political and social theory that seeks to abolish the state, capitalism and other institutions it sees as resting on coercion and hierarchy, replacing them with a stateless society built on horizontal networks of voluntary association, free cooperation and mutual aid. Usually classed within the libertarian wing of socialism, anarchism holds that people are capable of organizing complex social and economic life without centralized authority once coercive institutions are removed. Although sympathetic ideas can be traced back to ancient China and Greece, anarchism as a self-conscious modern movement grew out of the Enlightenment, and Pierre-Joseph Proudhon became, in the 1840s, the first political thinker to call himself an anarchist. William Godwin developed an early philosophical anarchism, Max Stirner pushed an individualist version centered on the sovereign self, Mikhail Bakunin built a collectivist anarchism opposed to Marxist state socialism, and Peter Kropotkin developed anarcho-communism grounded in mutual aid. Anarchists played major roles in the Paris Commune and in the Russian and Spanish Civil Wars, the period usually remembered as anarchism's classical era, and the movement has seen a further revival since the late twentieth century within anti-capitalist, anti-war and anti-globalization movements.
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Anarchism is a far-left political philosophy and movement that seeks to abolish all institutions that perpetuate authority, coercion, or hierarchy, primarily targeting the state, capitalism, and organized religion.
Classical anarchism
In What Is Property? (1840), Proudhon first characterised his goal as a "third form of society, the synthesis of communism and property."
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The first political philosopher to call himself an anarchist (French: anarchiste) and invest the word with a positive meaning was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809-1865).
Developed By: Mikhail Bakunin, Article body sentence quoted
Drawing from mutualism, Mikhail Bakunin founded collectivist anarchism and entered the International Workingmen's Association, a class worker union later known as the First International that formed in 1864 to unite diverse revolutionary currents.
Developed By: Peter Kropotkin, Article body sentence quoted
Under the influence of Peter Kropotkin, a Russian philosopher and scientist, anarcho-communism overlapped with collectivism.
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David Rolfe Graeber (; February 12, 1961, September 2, 2020) was an American anthropologist and anarchist social and political activist.
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He later described himself as a social anarchist.
View the Source Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (Wikipedia)
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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (, also US: ; French: [pjɛʁ ʒozɛf pʁudɔ̃]; 15 January 1809-19 January 1865) was a French anarchist, socialist, philosopher, and economist who founded mutualist philosophy and is considered by many to be the "father of anarchism".
View the Source William Godwin (Wikipedia)
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He is considered one of the first exponents of utilitarianism and the first modern proponent of anarchism.
View the Source Alexander Berkman (Wikipedia)
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Alexander Berkman (born Ovsei Osipovich Berkman; November 21, 1870, June 28, 1936) was a Russian-American anarchist and author.
View the Source Errico Malatesta (Wikipedia)
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Errico Gaetano Maria Pasquale Malatesta (4 December 1853-22 July 1932) was an Italian anarchist, theorist and revolutionary socialist.
View the Source Benjamin Tucker (Wikipedia)
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Benjamin Ricketson Tucker (; April 17, 1854, June 22, 1939) was an American individualist anarchist and self-identified socialist.
View the Source Mikhail Bakunin (Wikipedia)
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Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin (30 May [O.S. 18 May] 1814-1 July 1876) was a Russian revolutionary anarchist and political philosopher.
View the Source Peter Kropotkin (Wikipedia)
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Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin (9 December [O.S. 27 November] 1842-8 February 1921) was a Russian anarchist political philosopher and geographer known as a proponent of anarchist communism.
View the Source Nestor Makhno (Wikipedia)
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Nestor Ivanovych Makhno (Ukrainian: Не́стор Іва́нович Махно́, pronounced [ˈnɛstor iˈwɑnowɪtʃ mɐxˈnɔ]; Russian: Не́стор Ива́нович Махно́; 7 November 1888-25 July 1934), also known as Bat'ko Makhno (Ukrainian: Ба́тько Махно́ [ˈbɑtʲko mɐxˈnɔ], lit. 'Father Makhno'), was a Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary and the commander of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine during the Ukrainian War of I
View the Source Volin (Wikipedia)
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Vsevolod Mikhailovich Eikhenbaum (23 August [O.S. 11 August] 1882-18 September 1945), commonly known by his pseudonym Volin, was a Russian anarchist intellectual.
View the Source Voltairine de Cleyre (Wikipedia)
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Voltairine de Cleyre (; née De Claire; November 17, 1866, June 20, 1912) was an American anarchist feminist writer and public speaker.
View the Source Gustav Landauer (Wikipedia)
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Gustav Landauer (German: [ˈlandaʊɐ]; 7 April 1870-2 May 1919) was a German anarchist writer and revolutionary.
View the Source Rudolf Rocker (Wikipedia)
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Johann Rudolf Rocker (German: [ˈʁɔkɐ]; March 25, 1873, September 19, 1958) was a German anarchist writer and activist.
View the Source Daniel Guerin (Wikipedia)
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Daniel Guérin (French: [danjɛl ɡeʁɛ̃]; 19 May 1904-14 April 1988) was a French libertarian-communist author, best known for his work Anarchism: From Theory to Practice, as well as his collection No Gods No Masters: An Anthology of Anarchism in which he collected writings on the idea and movement it inspired, from the first writings of Max Stirner in the mid-19th century through the first half of
View the Source John Henry Mackay (Wikipedia)
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John Henry Mackay (February 6, 1864, May 16, 1933) was a Scottish-German egoist anarchist, thinker and writer.
View the Source Émile Armand (Wikipedia)
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Armand (March 26, 1872, February 19, 1962), pseudonym of Ernest-Lucien Juin, was an influential French individualist anarchist at the beginning of the 20th century and also a dedicated free love/polyamory, intentional community, and pacifist/antimilitarist writer, propagandist and activist.
View the Source Lysander Spooner (Wikipedia)
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Lysander Spooner (January 19, 1808, May 14, 1887) was an American abolitionist, entrepreneur, lawyer, essayist, natural rights legal theorist, pamphleteer, political philosopher, and writer often associated with the Boston anarchist tradition.
View the Source Luigi Galleani (Wikipedia)
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Luigi Galleani (Italian: [luˈiːdʒi ɡalleˈaːni]; 12 August 1861-4 November 1931) was an Italian insurrectionary anarchist and communist best known for his advocacy of "propaganda of the deed", a strategy of political assassinations and violent attacks.
View the Source Peter Lamborn Wilson (Wikipedia)
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Peter Lamborn Wilson (October 20, 1945, May 22, 2022) was an American anarchist author, philosopher, poet, translator, and essayist.
View the Source Joseph Déjacque (Wikipedia)
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His experiences radicalised him towards anarchism and he regularly criticised republican politicians for their anti-worker sentiment.
View the Source Gary Chartier (Wikipedia)
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His work addresses anarchism and ethics.
View the Source Clara Wichmann (Wikipedia)
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Clara Gertrud Wichmann (17 August 1885-15 February 1922) was a German-Dutch lawyer and anarchist feminist activist, who became a leading advocate of criminal justice reform and prison abolition in the Netherlands.
View the Source New World Encyclopedia: Emma Goldman
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Her advocacy of anarchism set her over and against those who value law and order.
View the Source Murray Bookchin (Wikipedia)
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Bookchin formulated and developed the theory of social ecology and urban planning within anarchist, libertarian socialist, and ecological thought.
View the Source Thomas Hodgskin (Wikipedia)
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== Legacy == Hodgskin was a pioneer of anti-capitalism, individualist anarchism and libertarian socialism.
View the Source Albert Meltzer (Wikipedia)
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Albert Isidore Meltzer (7 January 1920-7 May 1996) was an English anarcho-communist activist and writer.
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