Anarchism Flashcards
Who was the key figure in the Anarcho-Communist Movement?
Peter Kropotkin
What did Anarcho-Communists believe in? How is it different to Marxists?
Immediate Abolition of the state WHEREAS Marxists wanted a workers state replacing capatilism
What form of Anarchism was based on industrial development?
Collective Anarchism
What has collective anarchism been described as?
‘decentralised socialism’ - ‘socialism without a state’.
Key thinker for collective Anarchism?
Michail Bakunin
What was Individualist Anarchism view on what individuals should do?
The indivifual should revolt against the state OR leave the state and become a self supporting individual
What key thinker agreed with revolting against the state?
Henry Thoreau
What key thinker agreed with leaving the state ad becoming self supporting in communes?
Max Stirner
What did Anarcho-Capatilist propose?
They proposed a stateless society where free market capatilism is allowed to run free reign with NO taxes and regulations.
Anarcho-Capatilist thinker?
Murray Rothbard
What are anarchist views on Human Nature? What did they envisage?
They envisaged a ‘state of nature’. There was a society before the modern day capatilist society.
Why is historical nature important to anarchists?
They feel human have had their character corrupted by nature of society especially GOVERNMENT. Going back to the primal ways would fix it.
What are the three conclusions anarchists have come with about Human Nature?
- People are self interested and egotistical
- People are born without basic nature (Tabula Rasa - A blank surface written on by society) Environmnetally determined
-People are good, rational and sociable
What do the positive views on human nature imply?
We prefer to live and work in natural groups rather than competing against each other.
What key thinker agreed with Tabula Rasa?
Michael Bakunin
