In Defense of Anarchism / Edition 1

by Robert Paul Wolff

Overview

In Defense of Anarchism is a 1970 book by the philosopher Robert Paul Wolff, in which the author defends individualist anarchism. He argues that individual autonomy and state authority are mutually exclusive and that, as individual autonomy is inalienable, the moral legitimacy of the state collapses.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780520215733
Publisher:	University of California Press
Publication date:	09/28/1998
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	120
Sales rank:	255,788
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Robert Paul Wolff is is an American political philosopher and professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Among his books are About Philosophy (1998), The Ideal of the University (1992), The Autonomy of Reason (1990), Kant's Theory of Mental Activity (1990), and Moneybags Must Be So Lucky (1988).