Complex sentence: The minority comprised anarchists and followers of Pierre Joseph Proudhon (1809--1855); as anarchists, the "Proudhonists" were supporters of limited or no government and wanted the revolution to follow an "ad hoc" course with little or no planning.
Split into simpler sentences: The minority comprised anarchists and followers of Pierre Joseph Proudhon (1809--1855). As anarchists, the "Proudhonists" were supporters of limited or no government and wanted the revolution to follow an "ad hoc" course with little or no planning.