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What do anarchists want? It seems easier to classify them by what they don't want, namely, the organizations of the State, and to identify them with rioting and protest rather than with any coherent ideology. But with demonstrations like those against the World Bank and the International... read more
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Setting & Locations edit
- Britain
- Europe
- United States
- Spain
- Italy
- France
- London
- England
- Soviet Union
- America
- Catalonia
- Germany
- Netherlands
- Africa
- Stalin
First Sentence edit
The word 'anarchy' comes from the Greek anarkhia, meaning contrary to authority or without a ruler, and was used in a derogatory sense until 1840, when it was adopted by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon to describe his political and social ideology.
Table of Contents edit
Foreward
List of illustrations
1. Definitions and ancestors
2. Revolutionary moments
3. States, societies, and the collapse of socialism
4. Deflating nationalism and fundamentalism
5. Containing deviancy and liberating work
6. Freedom in education
7. The individualist response
8. Quiet revolutions
9. The federalist revolution
10. Green aspirations and anarchist futures
References
Further reading
Index
Series & Lists edit
This is book 116 of 325 in Very Short Introductions. (publisher series)
Preceded by Kafka, and followed by Ancient Warfare.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Colin Ward (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 335.83
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › Ideologies › Radical Thought
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › History & Theory
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Political Science
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › Activism
- Books › Nonfiction › Philosophy › Political
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