Anarchism
Philosophy that rejects the state and all coercive authority, defending the free organization of society through voluntary associations, cooperation, and self-management, with freedom and equality as central values.
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In one sentence
I want a stateless society, organized by voluntary associations and mutual aid, where freedom and equality replace all coercive authority.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Very strong · Federal
Structure
- Strong · Democracy
Representation
- Very strong · Liberty
Power
- Strong · Multiculturalism
Immigration
- Very strong · Pacifist
Diplomacy
- Strong · Non-interventionist
Intervention
- Strong · Public
Economy
- Balanced
Control
- Leaning · Globalism
Trade
- Very strong · Irreligious
Religion
- Very strong · Progressive
Morality
- Leaning · Biology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Structure
Leans further toward federal than 88% of the 253 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 38This ideology 91
Of all the axes, Structure is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Control
On Control, it sits close to the catalog median.
Ideology median 63This ideology 45
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Mikhail Bakunin
A Russian revolutionary, Bakunin was the great theorist of collectivist anarchism, opposing the state and authoritarian Marxism and defending spontaneous social revolution and the free federation of communities and workers.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyErrico MalatestaAnarchist militant and theorist99%
SociallyBuenaventura DurrutiRevolutionary97%
EconomicallyYamandú OrsiPresident of Uruguay96%
Other compatible profiles
PhilosophyMichel FoucaultPhilosopher98%
Political theoryPeter KropotkinAnarchist theorist98%
Political theoryRudolf RockerAnarcho-syndicalist theorist97%
Political theoryÉmile ArmandIndividualist anarchist97%
Political theoryAnton PannekoekMarxist theorist94%
Political theoryCharles FourierSocialist philosopher94%
Political theoryDaniel GuérinLibertarian socialist94%
Intellectual lifeNoam ChomskyLinguist and thinker94%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Anarchist Aragon and Catalonia
1936–1939During the Spanish Revolution, regions of Aragon and Catalonia lived an anarchist experiment of collectivizing land and factories, with workers' self-management and social organization without a central state.
Other close countries
Catalonia (Spain)
Independentist-industrial regionAn autonomous region in northeastern Spain, Catalonia combines its own national identity and language, an industrial, cosmopolitan economy, progressive social politics, and a strong independence movement that culminated in the 2017 referendum.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyCalifornia (United States)Techno-progressive region90%
SociallyVermont (United States)Progressive-communal region92%
EconomicallyRio de Janeiro (Brazil)Tourist-security region96%
The most distant
Anarchist Aragon and Catalonia
1936–1939During the Spanish Revolution, regions of Aragon and Catalonia lived an anarchist experiment of collectivizing land and factories, with workers' self-management and social organization without a central state.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyFree Territory (Makhnovshchina)1918–192195%
SociallyParis Communemarço–maio de 187189%
EconomicallySocialist Yugoslavia1945–199289%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
Close ideologies
Closest within Anarchist
- Anarchist
Anarcho-Progressivism
Synthesis of anarchist currents centered on the liberation of body and identity, uniting the critique of patriarchy and of gender and sexuality norms with an openness to technology as a tool of emancipation, all under the rejection of the state, capitalism, and every imposed hierarchy.
- Anarchist
Geoanarchism
Synthesis of anarchism and Georgism that rejects the state but treats land and natural resources as commons, defending that their rent be shared by the whole community in a free and egalitarian way.
- Anarchist
Libertarian Socialism
Current that pursues socialism without an authoritarian state, uniting collective ownership and self-management with broad individual freedom, organized from the bottom up by free communities and workers.
Closest in other spectrums
- Left
Postmodernism
A plural critique of universalism, linear progress, and grand narratives. In a Foucauldian reading, genealogy and power/knowledge analysis show how institutions, norms, and discourses produce subjects and open possibilities for local resistance.
- Radical Left
Council Communism
An anti-Leninist Marxist current of Pannekoek, Gorter and Mattick, which holds that workers themselves should run production and power through workers' councils, rejecting the vanguard party, the state and parliamentarism.
- Left
Luxemburgist Socialism
Democratic Marxism inspired by Rosa Luxemburg, which unites revolution and freedom, values the spontaneity of the masses and the general strike, and criticizes both reformism and the authoritarian centralism of vanguard parties.
The most distant ideology
National SocialismThird Position26%