Anarchism - Topic 2

Question 1

What is the view of Anarcho-communists?

Relating to the state

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Question 2

What is the view of Anarcho-communists?

Relating to the state, society, the economy and human nature

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Answer 2

The organic society would be made up of communes who would make collectives decisions using direct democracy.

• Kropotkin envisaged a stateless society based on small independent and internally democratic communes. He disputes Darwin’s ‘Survival of the Fittest’ hypothesis and argued the opposite - mutual aid

Question 3

What is the view of Anarcho-communists?

Relating to the economy

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Question 4

What is the view of Anarcho-communists?

Relating to human nature

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Question 5

What is the view of Mutualists?

Relating to the state

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Question 6

What is the view of Mutualists?

Relating to society

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Answer 6

The organic society would be made up of small communities that were bound by mutually beneficial social and economic relations based on contractual agreement.

• Proudhon said mutualist society would exist in the shell of the state with interconnected institutions cooperating with each other. He saw these as temporary agreements

Question 7

What is the view of Mutualists?

Relating to the economy

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Question 8

What is the view of Mutualists?

Relating to human nature

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Question 9

What is the view of Anarcho-syndicalists?

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Question 10

What is the view of Anarcho-syndicalists?

Relating to society

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Answer 10

The organic society would resemble trade union organisation as groups of workers in similar professions would form self-governing federations.

• Georges Sorel saw humans as natural, social creatures where occupational solidarity provided the natural basis for an ordered stateless society, harmonised

Question 11

What is the view of Anarcho-syndicalists?

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Question 12

What is the view of Anarcho-syndicalists?

Relating to human nature

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Question 13

What is the view of Anarcho-capitalists?

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Question 14

What is the view of Anarcho-capitalists?

Relating to society

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Answer 14

The atomistic society would be ordered solely by the free market, including education and healthcare. Rational self-interested individuals would ensure a balance of interests that would maintain order

• David Friedman saw society with the absence of an overarching state, as rational, self-interested individuals will ensure ‘a balance of interests’ that will maintain order

Question 15

What is the view of Anarcho-capitalists?

Relating to the economy

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Question 16

What is the view of Anarcho-capitalists?

Relating to human nature

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Question 17

What is the view of Egoists?

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Question 18

What is the view of Egoists?

Relating to society

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Answer 18

The atomistic society would contain self-interested individuals who would form a volunatry ‘union of egoists’ when they need to cooperate.

• Stirner thought that society should be formed on voluntary agreement that are non-binding, whereby a union of egoists would forme to cooperate only to the extent that is needed

Question 19

What is the view of Egoists?

Relating to the economy

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Question 20

What is the view of Egoists?

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