Anarchists “are generally non-religious and are frequently anti-religious, and the standard anarchist slogan is the phrase coined by a non-anarchist, the socialist Auguste Blanqui in 1880: ‘Ni Dieu ni maître! ‘ (Neither God nor master!)…

The first political philosopher to call himself an anarchist (French: anarchiste) was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809–1865), marking the formal birth of anarchism in the mid-19th century.

As an anti-capitalist and libertarian socialist philosophy, anarchism is placed on the far-left of the political spectrum and much of its economics and legal philosophy reflect anti-authoritarian interpretations of left-wing politics such as communism, collectivism, syndicalism, mutualism, or participatory economics.

absence of government

Major religious groups

• Christianity (31.2%)
• Islam (24.1%)
• No religion (16%)
• Hinduism (15.1%)
• Buddhism (6.9%)
• Folk religions (5.7%)
• Sikhism (0.29%)
• Judaism (0.2%)

Anarchy is the state of a society being freely constituted without authorities or a governing body. It may also refer to a society or group of people that entirely rejects a set hierarchy. Anarchy is primarily advocated by individual anarchists who propose replacing government with voluntary institutions.

1 : a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power. 2 : a person who believes in, advocates, or promotes anarchism or anarchy especially : one who uses violent means to overthrow the established order.

1 : a political theory holding all forms of governmental authority to be unnecessary and undesirable and advocating a society based on voluntary cooperation and free association of individuals and groups.

Structures. Anarchist organizations come in a variety of forms, largely based upon common anarchist principles of voluntary cooperation, mutual aid, and direct action. They are also largely informed by anarchist social theory and philosophy, tending towards participation and decentralization.

The first traces of formal anarchist thought can be found in ancient Greece and China, where numerous philosophers questioned the necessity of the state and declared the moral right of the individual to live free from coercion. As the workers’ movement grew, the divide between anarchists and Marxists grew as well.

noun. belief in the abolition of all government and the organization of society on a voluntary, cooperative basis without recourse to force or compulsion. anarchists as a political force or movement.

Egoist anarchism originated in the philosophy of Max Stirner, a 19th-century Hegelian philosopher whose “name appears with familiar regularity in historically orientated surveys of anarchist thought as one of the earliest and best-known exponents of individualist anarchism”.

Libertarian socialism, also referred to as anarcho-socialism, anarchist socialism, free socialism, stateless socialism, socialist anarchism and socialist libertarianism, is an anti-authoritarian, anti-statist and libertarian political philosophy within the socialist movement which rejects the state socialist conception …

Libertarianism is often thought of as ‘right-wing’ doctrine. This, however, is mistaken for at least two reasons. First, on social—rather than economic—issues, libertarianism tends to be ‘left-wing’.

Ansoc. Clipping of anarcho-socialism and/or anarcho-socialist used in informal discourse, particularly in blogs or other internet forums. Anti-systemic library. A library which is not organised hierarchically and that has no catalogue. The concept is influenced by the ideas of the Situationists.

Mutualism is an anarchist school of thought and economic theory that advocates a socialist society based on free markets and usufructs, i.e. occupation and use property norms. Mutualists are opposed to individuals receiving income through loans, investments and rent under capitalist social relations.

(myo͞o′cho͞o-ə-lĭz′əm) An association between two organisms of different species in which each member benefits.

Treason is the act of betraying your country or a betrayal of trust. When you reveal state secrets to an enemy of your country, this is an example of treason.

traitor. To act the traitor toward; to betray; to deceive.

Apoliticism is apathy or antipathy towards all political affiliations. The Collins English Dictionary defines apolitical as “politically neutral; without political attitudes, content, or bias”.

Nonpartisanism is a lack of affiliation with, and a lack of bias toward, a political party.