ANARCHY

AF. RODRIGUEZ FLOREZ NICOLAS

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WHAT IS THE
ANARCHY?
• Anarchism is a political, philosophical and
ideological system that corresponds to the
absence of government, the end of the
State and the authority imposed.

• This system has become a society capable

of living in harmony.

• In short, anarchists defend a society based

on total, but responsible, freedom.
Meaning of Anarchism
• The meaning of the word "anarchy" comes from the Greek word anarkhia, which
means "without government". Anarchism is a current of thought, a political
theory and ideology that does not believe in any form of domination, even that of
the State over population or hierarchy, and preaches the culture of self-
management and of the community.

• Anarchy is against division into classes and consequently is against all kinds of
oppression of one over others. It is vulgarly understood as the political situation
in which the constitution, the law and the laws cease to exist.

• Anarchy is a political theory that rejects the power of the State and believes that
the coexistence of human beings is determined simply by the will and the reason
of each one.
principal characters of anarchism

Bakunin and Prince Kropotkin, with

Tolstoy in his religious side. In
addition to Anselme Bellegarrigue,
Mikhail Bakunin, Lysander Spooner,
Émile Armand and Elisée Reclus and
their creators William Goldwin and
the young Proudhorn and Max Stirner.
Characteristics of Anarchism

• Politics: against the monopoly of authority, Seeks the end of the State, since it
totally rejects authoritarianism.
• Social: Critical to the differences between social and economic classes, also seeks
to build a society based on freedom, equality and fraternity.
• Economic: against the monopoly of property.
• Criticism of capitalism.
• It does not deny social order or development, but without the influence of a
government.
• Valorization of economic and social institutions that are formed by volunteer
members.
• Against the monopolization of property (private and public).
• It gives importance to education and knowledge so that man becomes free and
does not live subordinated to another.
values that anarchy practices
• individual and collective freedom, for the
development of critical thinking and all the individual
capacities of people.
• Equality, in economic, political and social value that
includes gender and race.
• Solidarity, the anarchist theory only makes sense if
there is a mutual support between the people, with
the collaboration and the spirit of the community.
• Collective property, harmonious coexistence,
collective ownership, self-discipline, responsibility
(individual and collective) and the form of government
based on self-management.
 History of the anarchist movement
• It is the result of the end of the second industrial revolution.
• Global economic structures are integrated and modern states are
consolidated.

• The diffusion of the rationalist ideas of the French Revolution, thanks to

the movement of the Enlightenment, as the freedom of individual
expression and equality in all senses contributed to the strengthening of
science and the weakening of the influence of religion.

• Another important factor was socialism and communism, which in turn

was the anarchist movement.
The two ways of anarchy

• The main anarchist currents are individualist and collectivist anarchism.

• The individualist is opposed to the collectivist because he believes that

the collectivity may end up resulting in authoritarianism. He considers that,
from the moment a group of individuals joins, that group may end up
exercising some authority over others.

• On the other hand, the collectivist is opposed to the individualist because

he judges that individualism can result in the same logic of capitalism. In
that case, the power would be centralized, for example, if an individual
ended up highlighting more than others in a certain activity