Anarchism Flashcards

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Stirner on human nature

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fundamentally self interested and individual liberty is sacrosanct

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Proudhon on human nature

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naturally communal

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Bakunin on human nature

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intensely social creatures and prefer collective activities

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Kropotkin on human nature

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social, preferring collective activities

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Goldman on human nature

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individual liberty is needed to be truly free

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Stirner on society

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a false construct
humans are all sovereign

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Proudhon on society

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Mutualism
People are bound by social and economic relations which are mutually beneficial

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Bakunin on society

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Federal
National boundaries would be abolished
Society would be based on cooperation and not competition

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Kropotkin on society

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Stateless society based on small independent and internally democratic communes

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Goldman on society

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believed in economic/gender/race equality

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Stirner on the state

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denies and inhibits individualism, must be abolished

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Proudhon on the state

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State supports capitalism and must be destroyed
preferably by peaceful means but by revolution if necessary

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Bakunin on the state

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state supports capitalism and must be destroyed by revolution

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Kropotkin on the state

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state supports capitalism and must be destroyed by revolution

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Goldman on the state

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state is part of an interlocking set of aspects of oppression, including region and property ownership

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Stirner on the economy

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the accumulation of property and material possession is the primary economic motivation

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Proudhon on the economy

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individuals would trade with each other on a mutually beneficial basis

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Bakunin on the economy

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the free market would be replaced by an exchange based on a system that recognised the true value of labour and goods

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Kroptokin on the economy

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capitalism replaced by a communist society

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Goldman on the economy

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Goldman’s ideas were essentially communist

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power

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from the anarchist viewpoint power is the means or instruments such as the law, the police and the use of ideology, by which the state and other social institutions secure their authority

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authority

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from the anarchist viewpoint, it is the right of 1 person/institution to influence the behaviour of others and is seen as commanding, corrupting and controlling

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government

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from the anarchist perspective, it is a particular system of rule, from monarchism to dictatorship to liberal democracy, based on deceit and violence

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state

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from an anarchist perspective, the state is seen as a sovereign body that exerts total authority over all individuals and groups within its defined geographical limits

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altruism

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concern for the interest and welfare of others based on rational self interest or a belief that humans are social beings with a capacity for social solidarity

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autonomy

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a form of self government or legislation, a combination of freedom and responsibility, in which the individual is not a subject to the will of the state or any other person

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direct action

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a whole range of political actions from non-violent to violent actions taken outside of the legal and constitutional framework

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syndicalism

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revolutionary trade unionism that uses direct action and the mass strike as an expression of the working class power to inspire popular revolt

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direct democracy

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from an anarchist perspective, citizens making law and policy decisions in person rather than through elected representatives in a form of popular, self government

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solidarity

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from an anarchist perspective, a relationship of sympathy, co-operation and harmony between people, which means that they have no need to be regulated by the state and any regulation makes solidarity impossible

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mutualism

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a system of equitable exchange between self governing producers, organised individually or in association and small scale private property based on use/possession

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collectivisation

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the abolition of private property and its replacement by a system of common ownership

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mutual aid

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the most successful species are those that employ solidarity and co-operation rather than individualistic competition

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insurrection

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it is not synonymous with revolution but is rathe egoistic, not a political or social act, that allows individuals to elevate themselves above the established institutions, leaving the establishment to decay and die

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5 core ideas

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rejection of the state
economic freedom
liberty
utopian
anarchy is order

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anarchist ways to overthrow the state

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direct action/propaganda by deed
acts of violence
emerging revolution
creating new institutions
insurrection

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insurrection

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stirner - process where self interested individuals reject authority and state, they become conscious egoists

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egoist

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stirner - to be totally free, the individual must be utterly autonomous. individuals are sovereign and for liberty to exist individuals must be free of all external obligation/influence

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anarcho-capitalist

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Rothbard/friedman - liberty can only be experienced by the abolition of the state. individuals can then enjoy negative freedom and an atomistic society.
the functions of the state (police/education/welfare) would continue via entrepreneurs