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Anti-statism refers to all philosophies that in some degree reject or oppose the establishment of a state, or territorial national governments. A state is an organized political community occupying a definite territory, having an organized government, and possessing internal and external sovereignty. ... National is the Japanese brand under which Matsushita products are sold. ...


Anti-statist philosphies

This is an incomplete list, which can or may never satisfy any subjective standard for completeness. Revisions and additions are welcome.

Anarchism is a range of political views whose name is derived from the Latin word anarchia which was first employed in translating Aristotles Greek term αναρχία the privative prefix αν an- without is combined with αρχία arkhê — meaning command or rule). Thus anarchism, in the most generally understood sense of the term... Note: This entry discusses liberalism as a world wide ideology, not its manifestations in any specific country. ... Anarcho-capitalism refers to an anti-statist philosophy that embraces capitalism as one of its foundational principles. ... Crypto-anarchism is a philosophy that expounds the use of strong public key cryptography to enforce privacy and therefore individual freedom. ... Geolibertarianism (also geoanarchism) is a political philosophy that holds with other forms of libertarianism that all products of labor should be privately owned and controlled. ... Individualist anarchism is a philosophical tradition that opposes collectivism and has a particularly strong emphasis on the supremacy and autonomy of the individual. ... Mutualism is an economic theory or system based on a labor theory of value that advocates that equal amounts of labor should receive equal pay. ... The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ... Anarcha-feminism combines anarchism with feminism. ... Anarcho-Communism, or Libertarian Communism, is a political ideology related to Libertarian socialism. ... Anarcho-pacifism is a form of anarchism emphasizing the complete rejection of violence in any form for any purpose (esp. ... This article is about anarcho-primitivism. ... Libertarian socialism is a political philosophy dedicated to opposing coercive forms of authority and social hierarchy, in particular the institutions of capitalism and the state. ... Anarcho-syndicalism is a branch of anarchism which focuses on the labor movement. ... Black anarchism opposes the existence of a state and subjugation and domination of people of color, and favors a non-hierarchical organization of society. ... Christian anarchism is the belief that there is only one source of authority to which Christians are ultimately answerable, the authority of God as embodied in the teachings of Jesus. ... Green anarchists compose a diverse and open movement of people who take influences from a variety of different places. ... Libertarian socialism is any one of a group of political philosophies dedicated to opposing coercive forms of authority and social hierarchy, in particular the institutions of capitalism and the state. ... National anarchism (also anarcho-nationalism) is a political view which seeks to unite a white nationalist with anarchist views rejecting heirarchy, capitalism, and the state. ... Post-left anarchy is a recent current in anarchist thought that seeks to distance itself from the traditional left and to escape the confines of ideology in general. ... The Situationist International (SI), an international political and artistic movement, originated in the Italian village of Cosio dArroscia on 28 July 1957 with the fusion of several extremely small artistic tendencies: the Lettrist International, the International movement for an imaginist Bauhaus, and the London Psychogeographical Association. ... Utopian Anarchism is a system of coordination in which the main goal/goals of the freely formed group are clearly laid out and focused upon, making all other aspects of life guided to further advancement toward these goals. ... Note: This entry discusses liberalism as a world wide ideology, not its manifestations in any specific country. ... Note: This entry discusses liberalism as a world wide ideology, not its manifestations in any specific country. ... This article is about libertarianism, a liberal individualist philosophy favoring private property (the most common meaning of the term today in the US, Canada, the UK and most other English-speaking countries). ... Objectivism is the philosophy of Russian-born American philosopher and author Ayn Rand. ... In civics, minarchism, sometimes called minimal statism, is the view that the size, role and influence of government in a free society should be minimal - only large enough to protect the liberty of each and every individual, without violating the liberty of any individuals itself. ... Marxism is the political practice and social theory based on the works of Karl Marx, a 19th century German philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary, along with Friedrich Engels. ... Communism is a movement based on the principle of communal ownership of all property. ... Left Communism is a term describing a whole range of communist viewpoints which oppose the political ideas of the Bolsheviks from a position which is asserted to be more authentically Marxist and proletarian than the views held by the Communist International after its first two Congresses. ... Council communism was a radical Left movement originating in Germany and the Netherlands in the 1920s. ... Vladimir Lenin in 1920 Leninism is a political and economic theory which builds upon Marxism (a form of Communism) and is a branch in its own right (it has been the dominant branch of Marxism in the world since the 1920s). ... Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. ... Maoism or Mao Tse-tung Thought (Chinese: 毛泽东思想, pinyin: Máo Zédōng Sīxiǎng), is a variant of Marxism-Leninism derived from the teachings of Mao Zedong (1893–1976). ... Autonomism, or Autonomist Marxism is a left wing political movement and theory. ...

Chronology of anti-statist writing

This is an incomplete list, which can or may never satisfy any subjective standard for completeness. Revisions and additions are welcome.
1548 — Étienne de la Boétie, The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude
1756 — Edmund Burke, A Vindication of Natural Society
1776 — Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence
1793 — William Godwin, An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice
1840 — Pierre Proudhon, What is Property?
1841 — Josiah Warren, Manifesto
1844 — Max Stirner, The Ego and Its Own
1849 — Henry David Thoreau Civil Disobedience
1849 — Gustave de Molinari, The Production of Security
1866 — Michael Bakunin, Revolutionary Catechism
1886 — Benjamin Tucker, State Socialism and Anarchism: How far they agree, & wherein they differ
1902 — Peter Kropotkin, Mutual Aid
1962 — Murray Rothbard, Man, Economy & State with Power and Market

Events Mary I of Scotland sent to France Births September 2 - Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (died 1616) September 29 - William V, Duke of Bavaria (died 1626) Francesco Andreini, Italian actor (died 1624) Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher, astronomer, and occultist (burned at the stake) 1600 (died 1600) Honda Tadakatsu, Japanese general... Étienne de La Boétie (Sarlat, November 1st, 1530 - Germignan, August 18, 1563) was a French judge and writer, friend of Montaigne, author of the Discourse of Voluntary Servitude (Discours de la servitude volontaire). ... 1756 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Edmund Burke The Right Honourable Edmund Burke (January 12, 1729 – July 9, 1797) was an Anglo-Irish statesman, author, orator and political philosopher, who served for many years in the British House of Commons as a member of the Whig party. ... This article is about the year 1776. ... Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was the third (1801–1809) President of the United States, second (1797)–1801) Vice President of the United States, and an American statesman, ambassador to France, political philosopher, revolutionary, agriculturalist, horticulturist, land owner, architect, archaeologist, slaveowner, author, inventor, and founder of the... 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... William Godwin William Godwin (March 3, 1756 - April 7, 1836) was an English political and miscellaneous writer, considered one of the important precursors of both utilitarian and anarchist thought. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (pronounced [] in BrE, [] in French) (January 15, 1809 – January 19, 1865) was the first proclaimed anarchist of the 19th century. ... 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Josiah Warren (1799-1874) was an American social reformer and commonly regarded as the first individualist anarchist. ... 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Johann Kaspar Schmidt (October 25, 1806 – June 26, 1856), better known as Max Stirner (the nom de plume he adopted from a schoolyard nickname he had acquired as a child because of his high brow [Stirn]), German philosopher, who ranks as one of the literary grandfathers of nihilism, existentialism and... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Henry David Thoreau Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862; born David Henry Thoreau) was an American author, pacifist, tax resister and philosopher who is famous for Walden (available at wikisource) on living simply amongst nature and Civil Disobedience (available at wikisource) on resistance to civil government. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Gustave de Molinari (March 3, 1819 - January 28, 1912) was a Belgian-born economist associated with the French économistes, a group of laissez-faire liberals. ... 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ... Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin (Russian — Михаил Александрович Бакунин), (May 30, 1814–June 13, 1876) was a well-known Russian anarchist contemporaneous to Karl Marx. ... 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... Benjamin Tucker (April 17, 1854 - 1939) was Americas leading proponent of individualist anarchism in the 19th century. ... 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Peter Kropotkin Prince Peter Alexeevich Kropotkin (In Russian Пётр Алексе́евич Кропо́ткин) (December 9, 1842 - February 8, 1921) was one of Russias foremost anarchists and one of the first advocates of what he called anarchist communism: the model of society he advocated for most of his life was that of a communalist society... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Murray Newton Rothbard Murray Newton Rothbard (March 2, 1926 - January 7, 1995) was an American economist and political theorist belonging to the Austrian School of Economics who helped define modern libertarianism and anarcho-capitalism. ...

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