Contributions

  • Donald Rooum - Illustrator
  • Vernon Richards - Editor
  • Andrej Grubačič - Foreword

Publication

2016 - PM Press

Language

English

Word Count

40,000 words, Guess

Page Count

160 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9781629631462
  • Open LibraryOL28591269M

Classifications

  • LCCHX833
  • LCCHX833 .R66 2016eb

Description

Anarchists believe that the point of society is to widen the choices of individuals. Anarchism is opposed to states, armies, slavery, the wages system, the landlord system, prisons, capitalism, bureaucracy, meritocracy, theocracy, revolutionary governments, patriarchy, matriarchy, monarchy, oligarchy, and every other kind of coercive institution. In other words, anarchism opposes government in all its forms. Enlarged and updated for a modern audience, What Is Anarchism? has the making of a standard reference book. As an introduction to the development of anarchist thought, it will be useful not only to propagandists and proselytizers of anarchism but also to teachers and students of political theory, philosophy, sociology, history, and to all who want to uncover the basic core of anarchism. This useful compendium, compiled and edited by the late Vernon Richards of Freedom Press, with additional selections by Donald Rooum, includes extracts from the work of Errico Malatesta, Peter Kropotkin, Max Stirner, Emma Goldman, Charlotte Wilson, Michael Bakunin, Rudolf Rocker, Alexander Berkman, Colin Ward, Albert Meltzer, and many others.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • What Is Anarchism?: An IntroductionPM Press2016-01-01

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