Individualist anarchism
Individualist anarchism is a set of several traditions of thought within the anarchist movement that emphasize the [[individual]] and their [[will (philosophy)|will]] over external determinants such as groups, society, traditions and ideological systems. Although usually contrasted to [[social anarchism]], both individualist and social anarchism have influenced each other. [[Mutualism (economic theory)|Mutualism]], an economy theory particularly influential within individualist anarchism whose pursued [[Liberty#Socialism|liberty]] has been called the synthesis of [[communism]] and [[property]], has been considered sometimes part of individualist anarchism and other times part of social anarchism. Many [[anarcho-communists]] regard themselves as radical individualists, seeing anarcho-communism as the best [[social system]] for the realization of individual freedom. As a term, individualist anarchism is not a single philosophy, but it refers to a group of [[Individualism|individualist]] philosophies that sometimes are in conflict. Among the early influences on individualist anarchism were [[William Godwin]], [[Josiah Warren]] ([[sovereignty of the individual]]), [[Max Stirner]] ([[Egoist anarchism|egoism]]), [[Lysander Spooner]] ([[natural law]]), [[Pierre-Joseph Proudhon]] ([[Mutualism (economic theory)|mutualism]]), [[Henry David Thoreau]] ([[transcendentalism]]), [[Herbert Spencer]] ([[law of equal liberty]]) and [[Anselme Bellegarrigue]]. From there, it expanded through [[Individualist anarchism in Europe|Europe]] and the [[Individualist anarchism in the United States|United States]]. [[Benjamin Tucker]], a famous 19th-century individualist anarchist, held that "if the individual has the right to govern himself, all external government is tyranny". Tucker also argued that it was "not Socialist Anarchism against Individualist Anarchism, but of Communist Socialism against Individualist Socialism". The view of an individualist–socialist divide is contested as individualist anarchism is socialistic.