WHAT IS ANARCHISM?WHAT DOES ANARCHISM STAND FOR?WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF „ANARCHY IN ACTION“?WHAT TYPES OF ANARCHISM ARE THERE?WHO ARE THE MAJOR ANARCHIST THINKERS?Anarchism (from Greek αÎ1⁄2αÏÏÏ -anarcho- „without archons,“ „without rulers“,Î1⁄2 (without) + ÏÏή (to rule) + Î1ÏÎ1⁄4ÏÏ (from stem -Î1ζÎμÎ1Î1⁄2)) is a political philosophy encompassing theories and attitudes which support the elimination of all compulsory government (i.
e. the state), and is often described as opposition to all forms of authority.