Anarchism
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| *[[Anarchism and the arts]] | *[[Anarchism and the arts]] | ||
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| - | == ''Culture and Anarchy'' (1869)== | + | |
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| - | ''[[Culture and Anarchy]]'' is a book by [[Matthew Arnold]], first published in [[1869]]. | + | |
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| - | Arnold's famous piece of writing on culture established his High Victorian cultural agenda which remained dominant in debate from the 1860s until the 1950s. | + | |
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| - | According to his view advanced in the book, "Culture [...] is a study of perfection". He further wrote that: "[Culture] seeks to do away with classes; to make the best that has been thought and known in the world current everywhere; to make all men live in an atmosphere of sweetness and light [...]". | + | |
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| - | This passage is often misquoted as "[culture is] the best that has been thought and said". | + | |
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- Commenting on the subversive qualities of book reading, Stéphane Mallarmé is quoted as saying "Je ne sais pas d'autre bombe, qu'un livre." (I know of no bomb other than the book.)
Anarchismis a generic term describing various political philosophies and social movements that advocate the elimination of all forms of imposed authority, including social hierarchy and coercive power. In place of hierarchy, these movements favor relations based upon voluntary cooperation and mutual aid, leading to a society characterised by the ability of each actor to have a say in outcomes proportionate to the degree they are affected by them. These philosophies use anarchy to mean a society based on voluntary cooperation of free individuals. Philosophical anarchist thought does not advocate chaos or anomie — it refers to "anarchy" as a manner of human relations that is intentionally established and maintained.
