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In the same book he became the first man willingly to claim the title of anarchist.
Anarchism : A History of Libertarian Ideas and Movements (1962)
Anarchism, nihilism, and terrorism are often mistakenly equated, and in most dictionaries will be found at least two definitions of the anarchist.
Anarchism : A History of Libertarian Ideas and Movements (1962)
Anarchism is a creed inspired and ridden by paradox, and thus, while its advocates theoretically reject tradition, they are nevertheless very much concerned with the ancestry of their doctrine.
Anarchism : A History of Libertarian Ideas and Movements (1962)
"Whoever denies authority and fights against it is an anarchist," said Sebastien Faure. The definition is tempting in its simplicity, but simplicity is the first thing to guard against in writing a history of anarchism.
Anarchism : A History of Libertarian Ideas and Movements (1962)
Proudhon goes on to suggest that the real laws by which society functions have nothing to do with authority; they are not imposed from above, but stem from the nature of society itself. He sees the free emergence of such laws as the goal of social endeavour.
Anarchism : A History of Libertarian Ideas and Movements (1962)
Gandhi on many occasions declared himself an anarchist — of his own kind — and he created, partly from his readings of Tolstoy and Kropotkin and partly on the basis of Indian communitarian traditions, the plan of a decentralized society based on autonomous village communes.
Anarchism : A History of Libertarian Ideas and Movements (1962)
There is an obvious discrepancy between the stereotype anarchist and the anarchist as we most often see him in reality; that division is due partly to semantic confusions and partly to historical misunderstandings.
Anarchism : A History of Libertarian Ideas and Movements (1962)