anarchism

(noun)

a political and philosophical belief that all forms of involuntary rule or government are undesirable or unnecessary, and that society could function without a ruler or involuntary government.

Related Terms

  • liberalism
  • Emerson's greatest expression of individualism is contained in his essay Self-Reliance. It contains his
  • transcendentalism
  • existentialism

Examples of anarchism in the following topics:

  • Individualism

    • Liberalism, existentialism and anarchism are examples of movements that take the human individual as a central unit of analysis.
  • Anarchism

    • While anti-statism is central, anarchism also entails opposing authority or hierarchical organisation in the conduct of all human relations, including, but not limited to, the state system.
  • Red Scare

    • The Red Scare of 1919–1920 had its origins in the hyper-nationalism of World War I and was marked by a widespread fear of Bolshevism and anarchism.
    • Newspapers exacerbated those political fears into xenophobia, a fear of people from other nations, because varieties of radical anarchism were perceived as answers to poverty and anarchism's advocates were often recent European immigrants.
  • "Mother" Jones

    • She joined the nascent labor movement and the Knights of Labor , a predecessor to the Industrial Workers of the World who where later dissolved after they were accused of anarchism after the Haymarket Affair.
  • Bleeding Kansas

    • In a matter of months, armed guerrillas were fighting each other on the Missouri-Kansas border, and the territory was faced with a near-anarchic situation.
  • Women's Activism

    • She joined the nascent labor movement and the Knights of Labor , a predecessor to the Industrial Workers of the World who where later dissolved after they were accused of anarchism after the Haymarket Affair.
  • Movements and Reforms

    • Liberalism, existentialism, and anarchism are examples of movements that take the human individual as a central unit of analysis.
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