Historical Resources
One inescapable quality of the historical anarchist literature is its internal diversity. Anarchists have pursued the general project of achieving anarchy in a wide variety of ways, generally focusing on some specific aspect of the struggle. They have also expressed themselves in a variety of genres. The texts linked here are a sampling of some of the more interesting examples from that literature.
I — DECLARATIONS & SUMMARIES
- Precursors & Related Tendencies: pre-1840
- The Era of Anarchy: 1840—1880
- The Era of Anarchism: 1881—1925
III — CATECHISMS, DIALOGUES, POEMS & STORIES
V — PROGRESS REPORTS & REASSESSMENTS
Framing Documents
(“Instead of an FAQ”)
These “framing documents” are intended to address the most frequently asked question in r/Anarchy101 and similar forums, providing answers where simple answers can be given and discussing the underlying concerns where simple answers are not so easy to provide.
- Anarchy 101: Thinking about “Crime”
- Anarchy 101: Thinking about Authority and Hierarchy
- A Return to the Question of the “Polity-Form”
A Schematic Anarchism
The diversity of the anarchist tradition has never prevented anarchists from attempting general histories, syntheses, etc., despite the difficulties involved. The linked texts are part of an ongoing attempt to articulate a kind of minimal, shareable account of anarchism, drawing on a variety of sources from within the anarchist literature, but ultimately attempting to stay fairly close to the simple indications given by the language of anarchy.
- A Schematic Anarchism [project page]