Illegalism is an anarchist philosophy which developed primarily in France in the early 1900s parallel to anarchist individualism. The illegalists openly embraced criminality as a lifestyle. Anarchism is a generic term describing various political philosophies and social movements that advocate the elimination of hierarchy and imposed authority. ... // Events and Trends Technology Lawrence Hargrave makes the first stable wing design for a heavier-than-air aircraft Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first documented flight in a powered heavier-than-air aircraft Mass production of automobile Wide popularity of home phonograph Panama Canal is built by the United... A crime in a broad sense is an act that violates a political or moral law. ...

Influenced by theorist Max Stirner, the illegalists broke from anarchists like Clément Duval and Marius Jacob who justified theft with a theory of la reprise individuelle. Instead, the illegalists argued that their actions required no moral basis - illegal acts were taken not in the name of a higher ideal, but in pursuit of one's own desires. 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... Clément Duval was a famous French anarchist and criminal. ... Morality in the strictest sense of the word, deals with that which is universally regarded as right or wrong. ... Desire can refer to preference, on which microeconomic theory is based; a thought that leads to an action; the concept in Lacanian psychoanalytic theory, related to the Oedipus complex; tanha in Buddhist psychology, as described in the Four Noble Truths; a Bob Dylan album of that name; a feeling due...

The Bonnot gang was the most famous anarchist group to embrace illegalism. The Bonnot Gang was a French criminal anarchist group that terrorized France and Belgium from 1911 to 1912. ...