Individualism: Capitalism, Ethical Egoism, Psychological Egoism, Individualist Anarchism, Individual and Group Rights, Laissez- Faire (Paperback)

Individualism: Capitalism, Ethical Egoism, Psychological Egoism, Individualist Anarchism, Individual and Group Rights, Laissez- Faire Book Description

Chapters: Individualist Anarchism. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 260. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Individualist anarchism refers to several traditions of thought within the anarchist movement that emphasize the individual and their will over any kinds of external determinants such as groups, society, traditions, and ideological systems. Individualist anarchism is not a single philosophy but refers to a group of individualistic philosophies that sometimes are in conflict. From there it expanded through Europe and the United States. Benjamin R. Tucker, a famous 19th century individualist anarchist, held that "if the individual has the right to govern himself, all external government is tyranny." Early influences in individualist anarchism were the thought of William Godwin, Henry David Thoreau (transcendentalism), Josiah Warren ("sovereignty of the individual"), Lysander Spooner ("natural law"), Pierre Joseph Proudhon (mutualism), Herbert Spencer ("law of equal liberty") and Max Stirner (egoism). Individualist anarchism of different kinds have a few things in common. These are: 1. The concentration on the individual and his/her will over any construction such as morality, ideology, social custom, religion, metaphysics, ideas or the will of others. 2. The rejection or reservations on the idea of revolution seeing it as a time of mass uprising which could bring about new hierarchies. Instead they favor more evolutionary methods of bringing about anarchy through alternative experiences and experiments and education which could be brought about today. This also because it is not seen desirable for individuals the fact of having to wait for revolution to start experiencing alternative experiences outside what is offered in the current social system. 3. The view that relationships w...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1493

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