Anarchism
Philosophy that rejects the state and all coercive authority, defending the free organization of society through voluntary associations, cooperation, and self-management, with freedom and equality as central values.
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In one sentence
I want a stateless society, organized by voluntary associations and mutual aid, where freedom and equality replace all coercive authority.
Political topics
Profile across mindedfolk
- Very strong · Federal
Structure
- Strong · Democracy
Representation
- Very strong · Liberty
Power
- Strong · Multiculturalism
Immigration
- Very strong · Internationalist
Nationalism
- Strong · Public
Economy
- Balanced
Free market
- Very strong · Irreligious
Religion
- Very strong · Progressive
Morality
- Leaning · Biology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Structure
Leans further toward federal than 89% of the 263 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 38This ideology 91
Of all the topics, Structure is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Free market
On Free market, it sits close to the catalog median.
Ideology median 61This ideology 44
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Mikhail Bakunin
A Russian revolutionary, Bakunin was the great theorist of collectivist anarchism, opposing the state and authoritarian Marxism and defending spontaneous social revolution and the free federation of communities and workers.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyErrico MalatestaAnarchist militant and theorist99%
SociallyMichel FoucaultPhilosopher98%
EconomicallyGösta RehnSwedish economist99%
Other compatible profiles
Political theoryPeter KropotkinAnarchist theorist98%
Political theoryÉmile ArmandIndividualist anarchist98%
ActivismBuenaventura DurrutiRevolutionary97%
Political theoryRudolf RockerAnarcho-syndicalist theorist97%
ActivismRicardo Flores MagónAnarcho-communist revolutionary97%
Intellectual lifeDavid GraeberAnthropologist and anarchist activist96%
ActivismAlexander BerkmanAnarcho-communist activist and writer96%
Political theoryDaniel GuérinLibertarian socialist96%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Anarchist Aragon and Catalonia
1936–1939During the Spanish Revolution, regions of Aragon and Catalonia lived an anarchist experiment of collectivizing land and factories, with workers' self-management and social organization without a central state.
Other close countries
Rojava (North and East Syria)
Democratic-egalitarian confederalismAn autonomous region in northern Syria, Rojava organizes itself through democratic confederalism, with local self-management, gender equality, ethnic pluralism, and ecology, inspired by the libertarian ideas of Abdullah Öcalan.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyCatalonia (Spain)Independentist-industrial region92%
SociallyVermont (United States)Progressive-communal region94%
EconomicallyScotland (United Kingdom)Independentist social-democratic nation98%
The most distant
Anarchist Aragon and Catalonia
1936–1939During the Spanish Revolution, regions of Aragon and Catalonia lived an anarchist experiment of collectivizing land and factories, with workers' self-management and social organization without a central state.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyFree Territory (Makhnovshchina)1918–192196%
SociallyParis CommuneMarch–May 187191%
EconomicallySocialist Yugoslavia1945–199292%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
Close ideologies
Closest within Anarchist
- Anarchist
Geoanarchism
Synthesis of anarchism and Georgism that rejects the state but treats land and natural resources as commons, defending that their rent be shared by the whole community in a free and egalitarian way.
- Anarchist
Anarcho-Syndicalism
Current that sees revolutionary unions as the basis for overthrowing capitalism through direct action and the general strike, organizing production by the workers themselves in a free, stateless society.
- Anarchist
Social Libertarianism
Left-libertarian branch that unites broad individual freedom with collective or shared ownership of resources, defending autonomy, cooperation, and the rejection of both the authoritarian state and capital.
Closest in other spectrums
- Left
Postmodernism
A plural critique of universalism, linear progress, and grand narratives. In a Foucauldian reading, genealogy and power/knowledge analysis show how institutions, norms, and discourses produce subjects and open possibilities for local resistance.
- Left
Syndicalism
Movement that places unions and workers' organization at the center of politics, defending collective bargaining, direct action, and labor control over production as the path to working-class emancipation.
- Left
Luxemburgist Socialism
Democratic Marxism inspired by Rosa Luxemburg, which unites revolution and freedom, values the spontaneity of the masses and the general strike, and criticizes both reformism and the authoritarian centralism of vanguard parties.
The most distant ideology
Authoritarian CapitalismFar-Right28%