Translated into 100 languages, winner of the National Book Award, and named one of the 100 Most Influential Books since World War II by the Times Literary Supplement, Anarchy, State and Utopia remains one of the most theoretically trenchant and philosophically rich defenses of economic liberalism to date, as well as a foundational text in classical libertarian thought. With a new introduction by the philosopher Thomas Nagel, this revised edition will...

Welcome to the movement that began as a simple experiment: to push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America (NFFA) test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of the marginalized, the contagion will explode from the trial-city borders and spread across the nation.

Anarchism is generally defined as the political philosophy, which holds the state to be undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, or alternatively as opposing authority in the conduct of human relations. Proponents of anarchism (known as "anarchists") advocate stateless societies based on non-hierarchical voluntary associations.

With the rise of the global protestor-from Arab Spring to the Occupy movement-the term "anarchist" has been littered throughout mainstream media as never before. But just as frequently, its definition is skewed or left wanting: anarchists are painted as nihilists, supporters of chaos, or even terrorists. In Order without Power, an informative primer, Normand Baillargeon thoroughly defines anarchism and recounts its long history. In outlining the forerunners...

Paris, avril 1850. Un jeune homme fait paraître ce qui peut être considéré comme le premier manifeste anarchiste de l'histoire. Publié dans le premier numéro de L'Anarchie. Journal de l'ordre, ce Manifeste constitue un virulent plaidoyer contre la farce électorale, la fourberie des partis politiques, ainsi qu'un vibrant appel à l'abstention généralisée. On sait peu de choses du singulier personnage que fut Anselme Bellegarrigue (1813-1869),...

Amid the clashes, complexities, and political personalities of world politics in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Peter Kropotkin stands out. Born a prince in Tsarist Russia and sent to Siberia to learn his militaristic, aristocratic trade, he instead renounced his titles and took up the "beautiful idea" of anarchism. Across a continent, he would become known as a passionate advocate of a world without borders, without kings and...

Alexander Berkman was a twentieth-century American revolutionary. Like the abolitionist John Brown before him, Berkman was hugely idealistic, ready to go to the furthest extreme of self-sacrifice and violence on behalf of justice and civil rights. He decided to assassinate industrialist Henry Clay Frick after reading in the newspaper that Pinkertons hired by Frick had opened fire on the Homestead strikers, killing men, women, and children. Berkman's...

Son estos algunos de los primeros escritos de Manuel Rojas, o escritos de juventud, cuando al comenzar su acercamiento al pensamiento anarquista colaboraba con La Batalla (1912-1916).

Qu'est-ce que l'anarchie et que veulent les anarchistes ? Un humaniste curieux et désireux de comprendre interroge son fils, un militant anarchiste qui s'est penché sur le sujet. Au fil de leur dialogue, les deux hommes remontent aux racines des notions d'anarchie et de démocratie. Ils évoquent certaines figures de l'anarchisme et les différents courants de ce mouvement révolutionnaire, tout en illustrant leurs propos d'exemples tirés...

Écrit dans les années 1960 puis revu et augmenté en 1989, ce livre monumental offre le récit de l'une des plus grandes aventures des xixe et xxe siècles, celle de l'anarchie. Woodcock y raconte le mouvement, ses victoires, ses défaites, mais il y expose surtout les idées des principales figures qui ont façonné la pensée libertaire, de William Godwin à Emma Goldman. Au-delà de l'engagement intellectuel, politique et moral de ces personnages...