# Anarchism



## What

Anarchy literally means 'without rulers'.  Anarchism I think of as a political philosophy meaning 'avoiding all unnecessary hierarchy'.

> anarchism represents a theorisation of **how society can be structured to enable [[liberty]] and [[solidarity]]**, **a society based on the principle of [[mutual aid]]**, where the needs of all are met through [[cooperation]] and the [[sharing of resources]].
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> – [[Anarchist Cybernetics]]




## History

Anarchism emerged in the 19th century.

> Anarchism emerged, as Ruth Kinna and Alex Prichard argue, in the 19th century, from a critique of [[slavery]] and [[private property]], and how both were made possible by the [[state]].
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> – [[Anarchist Cybernetics]]




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## Criticism

> Anarchism is often dismissed in the same terms as [[post-structuralism]] for being an ethical relativism or a voluntarist chaos.
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> – [[Is Post-Structuralist Political Theory Anarchist?]] 



[[libertarian socialism]]

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