About the Book: Political Philosophy of Anarchism
This edition is an attempt to incorporate the useful developments of anarchist
philosophy in the last hundred years, and to make it relevant to the problems of
the twenty-first century. Anarchism is the political philosophy of human
emancipation. According to Anarchists, humans are happiest and most productive
when they are free to exercise their creative powers in cooperation with one
another outside of modern state and corporate institutions. Anarchism is usually
considered to be a radical left-wing ideology and as much of anarchist economics
and legal philosophy reflect anti-authoritarian interpretations of communism,
collectivism, syndicalism or participatory economics. Anarchists propose that
communities