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An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice
William GodwinAn early systematic case against government and coercive institutions, often treated as a starting point for modern anarchist thought.
What Is Property?
P.-J. ProudhonArgues that property is theft and proposes mutual credit and possession-based alternatives, a founding text of mutualism.
The Ego and Its Own
Max StirnerA radical individualist critique of abstract ideals, including nation, state, and humanity, arguing for the self-owning ego.
God and the State
Mikhail Aleksandrovich BakuninA collectivist critique of religious and state authority, published posthumously and central to the development of revolutionary anarchism.
The Conquest of Bread.
Peter KropotkinSets out a vision of communist anarchism in which goods are shared freely and production is organized by voluntary cooperation.
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More anarchism books
- Mutual Aid
Mutual AidPeter Kropotkin - Anarchism and Other Essays
Anarchism and Other EssaysEmma Goldman - Now and After
Now and AfterAlexander Berkman - Anarcho-syndicalism
Anarcho-syndicalismRudolf Rocker - Anarchy and Order
Anarchy and OrderHerbert Edward Read - Anarchy in Action
Anarchy in ActionColin Ward - The Dispossessed
The DispossessedUrsula K. Le Guin - Post-scarcity Anarchism
Post-scarcity AnarchismMurray Bookchin - Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology
Fragments of an Anarchist AnthropologyDavid Graeber - Two Cheers for Anarchism
Two Cheers for AnarchismJames C. Scott - The Anarchist Cookbook
The Anarchist CookbookWilliam F. Powell1971 - The Unabomber Manifesto
The Unabomber ManifestoTheodore Kaczynski1995