Anarchy

{{Header| Anarchy is the condition of a society, entity, group of people or a single person that rejects illegitimate hierarchies. It originally meant leaderlessness, but in 1840, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon adopted the term in his treatise "What Is Property?" to refer to a new political philosophy, anarchism, which advocates stateless societies based on voluntary associations. In practical terms, anarchy can refer to the curtailment or abolition of government.

Etymology

The word anarchy comes from the ancient Greek ἀνα"χία (anarchia), which combines ἀ (a), "not, without" and ἀ"χή (arkhi), "ruler, leader, authority." Thus, the term refers to a person or society "without rulers" or "without leaders."

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