1101GIR Lecture 9: Anarchism

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4 May 2018

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L9. Anarchism

What is Anarchism?

• Not the destruction of all order

• Rather, the replacement of centralised and hierarchical structures, especially the state, with

decentralised, self-governing forms of organisation

o E.g. Communes, syndicates, cooperatives

• Proudhon: "the absence of a master or a sovereign"

• 'Chomsky Explains Anarchism': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW7nnLNANtQ

• 'Anarchism 101 with Noam Chomsky': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G6kf7XM9Nk

Anarchists Against the State

• In summary (Miller, 1984: 6-7)

o The state is a coercive body, which reduces freedom far beyond what is necessary for

coexistence

• Making law in the interests of its own preservation, rather than human wellbeing

o The state is a punitive body, imposing harsh and unnecessary punishment

o The state is an exploitative body, which uses taxation and economic management to

pursue its own goals ('anarcho-liberalism') or the enrichment of the capitalist class

('anarcho-socialism')

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