anarchism
a philosophy, movement, and political ideology that holds that any government, like the state, is undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful
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Summary
anarchism is a political ideology[1]. anarchism ranks in the top 2% of political ideology entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43,865 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Pierre-Joseph Proudhon[3]
- Instance of: school of thought[4], political movement[5], philosophical schools and traditions[6], ideology[7], political theory[8]
- Subclass of: philosophy[9]
- Commons category: Anarchism[10]
- Opposite of: dominance hierarchy[11]
- Has part(s): anarchist school of thought[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Anarchism[13]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Anarchism[14]
- Described by source: Encyclopedia of Political Theory[15], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[16], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19], Otto's encyclopedia[20], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[21], Lean Logic[22], New International Encyclopedia[23], The New Student's Reference Work[24], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[25], WikiTree[26], Pax Leksikon[27], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[28]
- Topic has template: Template:Anarchism[29], Template:Anarchism sidebar[30]
- Different from: chaos[31], illegalism[32], anarchy (international relations)[33], minarchism[34], nihilism[35]
- History of topic: history of anarchism[36]
- Studied by: anarchist studies[37], geography of anarchism[38]
- Practiced by: anarchist[39]
Why It Matters
anarchism has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] anarchism is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]
anarchism has been cited as an influence by Earth First![42], an environmental organization[43], in United States[44], founded in 1980[45].
FAQs
Who did anarchism influence?
anarchism has been cited as an influence by Earth First![42].