Anarchism as “Organization” :  A threat to democracy or a form of organization between equals?

Anarchy itself (from Greek an-arkh = “without government”) is the first and basic form of organization between equals. Since the beginning, people tended to organize themselves by associating voluntarily and helping themselves without needing a government. Then, why do people believe they need to be governed at a larger level? Why do they tend to accept governments that produce social differences, create élites and oppress the elected?

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Title: ScienceOpen Preprints

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Publication date (Electronic preprint): 2 August 2021

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[* ]Email: francesco.napolitano@ 123456aol.it .

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Francesco Napolitano https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8500-9255

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DOI: 10.14293/S2199-1006.1.SOR-.PPUGMNO.v1

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Date received : 2 August 2021

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ScienceOpen disciplines: Geosciences

Keywords: law,anarchism,politics,bakunin,proudhon

Anarchism as “Organization” : A threat to democracy or a form of organization between equals?

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