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a situation of confused and wild behavior in which the people in a country, group, organization, etc., are not controlled by rules or laws
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But sticking to anarchism would imply an almost certain defeat.
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Kai Ye, WIRED, 23 July 2023
As Jacobs acknowledges, anarchism is a living practice more than an ideology; its contours are not shaped by devotion to any particular texts or thinkers.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Feb. 2023
In France at the end of the 19th century, an elite list of artists and literary figures adopted the philosophy of anarchism, not as a movement to overthrow the state but as a vision of absolute personal freedom.
—Susannah Gardiner, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2022
The full list of anarchist schools of thought is long, but includes anarcho-syndicalism, anarcha-feminism, green anarchism, Black anarchism, and individualist anarchism, which is similar to libertarianism.
—Sophie Hayssen, refinery29.com, 14 Aug. 2020
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Kai Ye, WIRED, 23 July 2023
As Jacobs acknowledges, anarchism is a living practice more than an ideology; its contours are not shaped by devotion to any particular texts or thinkers.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Feb. 2023
In France at the end of the 19th century, an elite list of artists and literary figures adopted the philosophy of anarchism, not as a movement to overthrow the state but as a vision of absolute personal freedom.
—Susannah Gardiner, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2022
The full list of anarchist schools of thought is long, but includes anarcho-syndicalism, anarcha-feminism, green anarchism, Black anarchism, and individualist anarchism, which is similar to libertarianism.
—Sophie Hayssen, refinery29.com, 14 Aug. 2020
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“Anarchism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anarchism. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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