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Britannica and various authors noted that the policies of Vladimir Lenin, the first leader of the Soviet Union, contributed to the establishment of a totalitarian system in the USSR, [3] [7] but while some authors, such as Leszek Kolakowski, believed Stalinist totalitarianism to be a continuation of Leninism [7] and directly called Lenin's ...
Wilhelm Weitling is an example of a writer who added to anarchist theory without using the exact term. [1] The etymological origin of anarchism is from the Ancient Greek anarkhia (ἀναρχία), meaning "without a ruler", composed of the prefix an-("without") and the word arkhos ("leader" or "ruler").
Anarchy; Anarchist Black Cross; Anarchist criminology; Anationalism; Anti-authoritarianism; Anti-capitalism; Anti-militarism; Affinity group; Autonomous social center
Elsewhere, in a 2003 article entitled "Inverted Totalitarianism" [11] Wolin cites phenomena such as the lack of involvement of citizens in a narrow political framework (due to the influence of money), the privatization of social security, and massive increases in military spending and spending on surveillance as examples of the push away from ...
Freedom: positive liberty (having rights which impose an obligation on others) vs. negative liberty (having rights which prohibit interference by others). Social power: totalitarianism vs. anarchism (control vs. no control) Analyzes the fundamental political interaction among people, and between individuals and their environment. Often posits ...
Anarchism typically advocates for social organization in non-hierarchical, voluntary associations where people voluntarily help each other. [11] There are a variety of forms of anarchy that attempt to discourage the use of coercion, violence, force and authority, while still producing a productive and desirable society.
Like many modern anarchists, he believed that if people follow their instincts, they will have no need of law courts or police, no temples and no public worship, and use no money—free gifts taking the place of monetary exchanges. [10] [25] Socrates expressed some views appropriate to anarchism.
Left anarchism is sometimes used synonymously with libertarian socialism, [212] left-libertarianism, or social anarchism. [175] Anarchists typically discourage the concept of left anarchism on grounds of redundancy and that it lends legitimacy to the notion that anarchism is compatible with capitalism [213] [214] or nationalism. [215] [216]