آنارشیسم به‌طور کلی به‌عنوان یک فلسفه سیاسی تعریف می‌شود که دولت را نامطلوب، غیر ضروری و مضرAgrell, Siri (14 May 2007). "Working for The Man". "The Globe and Mail". Archived from the original on 16 May 2007. Retrieved 14 April 2008."Anarchism". "Encyclopædia Britannica". Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service. 2006. Archived from the original on 14 December 2006. Retrieved 29 August 2006."Anarchism". The Shorter Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy: 14. 2005. Anarchism is the view that a society without the state, or government, is both possible and desirable. The following sources cite anarchism as a political philosophy. می‌داند و نیز مخالف با اقتدار و سازمان سلسله‌مراتبی در اداره روابط انسانی است."Principles of The International of Anarchist Federations". Archived 5 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine International of Anarchist Federations. "The IAF – IFA fights for : the abolition of all forms of authority whether economical, political, social, religious, cultural or sexual".Goldman, Emma. "What it Really Stands for Anarchy". "Anarchism and Other Essays". "Anarchism, then, really stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion; the liberation of the human body from the dominion of property; liberation from the shackles and restraint of government. Anarchism stands for a social order based on the free grouping of individuals for the purpose of producing real social wealth; an order that will guarantee to every human being free access to the earth and full enjoyment of the necessities of life, according to individual desires, tastes, and inclinations".Tucker, Benjamin. "Individual Liberty". "They found that they must turn either to the right or to the left, — follow either the path of Authority or the path of Liberty. Marx went one way; Warren and Proudhon the other. Thus were born State Socialism and Anarchism.Ward, Colin (1966). "Anarchism as a Theory of Organization". Archived from the original on 25 March 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2010.Anarchist historian George Woodcock report of Mikhail Bakunin's anti-authoritarianism and shows opposition to both state and non-state forms of authority as follows: "All anarchists deny authority; many of them fight against it". هواخواهان آنارشیسم که آنارشیست نامیده می‌شوند از جوامع بدون دولت مبتنی بر انجمن‌های داوطلبانهWoodcock, George. "Anarchism". "Encyclopedia of Philosophy". "ANARCHISM, a social philosophy that rejects authoritarian government and maintains that voluntary institutions are best suited to express man's natural social tendencies". غیر سلسله‌مراتبیKropotkin, Peter. "Anarchism: its philosophy and ideal". "That is why Anarchy, when it works to destroy authority in all its aspects, when it demands the abrogation of laws and the abolition of the mechanism that serves to impose them, when it refuses all hierarchical organization and preaches free agreement — at the same time strives to maintain and enlarge the precious kernel of social customs without which no human or animal society can exist""B.1 Why are anarchists against authority and hierarchy?" Archived 2012-06-15 at the Wayback Machine. "An Anarchist FAQ". "Anarchists are opposed to irrational (e.g., illegitimate) authority, in other words, hierarchy — hierarchy being the institutionalisation of authority within a society". حمایت می‌کنند. آنارشیسم دولت را نامطلوب، غیر ضروری و مضر می‌داند اما مخالفت با دولت تعریف اصلی یا انحصاری آن نیست.McLaughlin 2007, p. 28. "Anarchists do reject the state, as we will see. But to claim that this central aspect of anarchism is definitive is to sell anarchism short" آنارشیسم می‌تواند مشتمل بر تخالف اقتدار یا سلسله‌مراتب در هدایت تمام روابط انسانی باشد.Proudhon 1849. "Anarchy is the condition of existence of adult society, as hierarchy is the condition of primitive society. There is a continual progress in human society from hierarchy to anarchy".Bakunin 1882. "In a word, we reject all legislation, all authority, and all privileged, licensed, official, and legal influence, even though arising from universal suffrage, convinced that it can turn only to the advantage of a dominant minority of exploiters against the interests of the immense majority in subjection to them. This is the sense in which we are really Anarchists".Armand 1926. "In practice, any individual who, because of his or her temperament or because of conscious and serious reflection, repudiates all external authority or coercion, whether of a governmental, ethical, intellectual, or economic order, can be considered an anarchist. Everyone who consciously rejects the domination of people by other people or by the social ambiance, and its economic corollaries, can be said to be an anarchist as well".Wilbur, Shawn P. (19 February 2018). "The Anarchist Encyclopedia: Hierarchy" "Libertarian Labyrinth". <q>The anarchists are against all hierarchy, be it moral or material. They oppose to it the respect for liberty and the absolute autonomy of the individua</q>