num_pages: 86
description: 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.
language: English
title: In Defense of Anarchism
titlecomplete: In Defense of Anarchism (with a New Preface)
genres: Academic, Political Science, American, Law, Politics, Philosophy, Anarchism, Theory, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 534
publisher: University of California Press