Modern Science and Anarchy (eBook)

Introduction: Reality has a Well-known Libertarian Basis, by Iain McKay



Preface







Part I: Modern Science and Anarchy



I. The Origins of Anarchy



II. The Intellectual Movement of the Eighteenth Century



III. The Reaction at the beginning of the Nineteenth Century



IV. The Positive Philosophy of Comte



V. The Awakening in the Years 1856-1862



VI. The Synthetic Philosophy of Spencer



VII. The Role of Law in Society



VIII. The Position of Anarchy in Modern Science



IX. The Anarchist Ideal and Previous Revolutions



X. Anarchy



Principles



Anarchist Ideas amongst the Ancients; in the Middle Ages—Proudhon-Stirner



XI. Anarchy (continued)



Socialist Ideas in the International—Authoritarian Communists and Mutualists



Socialist Ideas in the International—Saint-Simonism



XII. Anarchy (continued)



Socialist Ideas in the International—Fourierism



The Impulse given by the Commune—Bakunin



XIII. Anarchy (continued)



The Anarchist Concept as it appears today



The Negation of the State



The Individualist Current



XIV. Some Conclusions of Anarchy



XV. The Means of Action



XVI. Conclusion







Part II



Communism and Anarchy



I. Anarchist Communism



II. Authoritarian Communism—Communist Communities



III. Small communist communities. Causes of their failures



IV. Does Communism imply the diminishing of the individual?







Part III



The State: Its Historic Role







Part IV



The Modern State



I. The Essential Principle of Modern Society



II. Serfs of the State



III. Taxation as a Means of Increasing the Power of the State



IV. Taxation a Means of Enriching the Wealthy



V. Monopolies



VI. Monopolies in the Nineteenth Century



VII. Monopolies in constitutional England and Germany—Kings of the epoch



VIII. War



Industrial Rivalries



High Finance



IX. War and Industry



Industrial crises due to anticipation of war



X. The Essential Characteristics of the State



XI. Can the State be used for the emancipation of the workers?



XII. The modern constitutional State



XIII. Is it sensible to strengthen the current State?



XIV. Conclusions



Part V







Appendix



I. Explanatory Notes



II. Hebert Spencer: His Philosophy



Supplementary Material



Anarchy: Its Philosophy, Its Ideal



A lecture which was to be held on March 6th, 1896, in the Tivoli-Vauxhall theatre in Paris



Co-operation: A Reply to Herbert Spencer



Index