The Anarchists is a rich collection of theories and practices in the words of those who have rebelled against the restrictive institutions and oppressive conditions imposed by state power upon the individual. Idealists and self-seekers, saints and assassins, they have often served as the conscience of the world and have expressed with eloquence and convictions, the deep-seated sense of anarchy that resides, to a greater or lesser degree, in most human beings. As such, this anthology presents the history and philosophy of anarchism in the words of thirty-five of its greatest students, observers, and proponents. In his new introduction to Horowit points out that anarchism is an ideology in search of a movement, and also a psychology in search of a polity.

one: the theory; Introduction; one: Anarchism as a Critique of Society; two: Anarchism as a Style of Life; three: Anarchism as a System of Philosophy; Two: The Practice; One: The Historical Dimension; two: The Sociological Dimension