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Individual/Collective model: anarchism is the tension
between individual freedom and collective responsibility
and the tension between individual responsibility and
collective freedom.
Means and Ends model: similar to the idea of a yardstick,
anarchism is primarily a proposition of the desirable means
in which to carry out political and social r/evolution, not
the ends themselves. This differs from other revolutionary
movements which view the ends as the most important
value (regardless of whatever atrocity and dictatorship
must occur to obtain it).
Power model: anarchism is a theory about power, which
notes three kinds of power: power over (authoritarian),
power within (inner-strength), and power amongst
(collectivity). Anarchism is committed to eliminating the
first kind of power and equally expanding the second and
third kinds.
Pro-active vs. Reactive model: In the vacuum of
oppressive power, there is a need for non-oppressive power
to exist. Anarchism thus is a reactive and pro-active
philosophy, intending to react to oppressive/hierarchical
power/institutions and to be pro-active for nonoppressive/non-hierarchical
power/institutions.
[ Williams 136 ] [ this is a draft. do not cite. ]