Project Gutenberg 2014-05-30 Public domain in the USA. 149 Shaw, Bernard 1856 1950 Shaw, George Bernard Shaw, Bernhard Shaw, G. Bernard (George Bernard) Bassetto, Corno di Shaw, G. B. (George Bernard) The Impossibilities of Anarchism Produced by Jana Srna, Jane Robins, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "The Impossibilities of Anarchism" by Bernard Shaw is a critical essay published by the Fabian Society in the late 19th century. This work navigates the complexities of anarchist thought, juxtaposing it with socialist ideals. It primarily addresses the practical and philosophical issues inherent in anarchism, particularly the feasibility of achieving a society devoid of state authority while maintaining individual freedoms and productive economic structures. In this thought-provoking essay, Shaw primarily critiques anarchism's reliance on individualism and its underestimation of social and economic influences on human behavior. He argues that an anarchist framework often fails to address essential economic realities, such as competition and resource distribution, which are pivotal in determining the viability of such a system. Shaw suggests that while the ideals of anarchism—liberty and individual choice—are commendable, they overlook the inevitable inequalities and injustices that arise in a non-regulated society. He posits that the transition towards a more equitable society should lean towards democratic socialism, which, unlike anarchism, recognizes the necessity of collective action and authority to ensure fair distribution and social progress. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45827/45827-h/images/coverpage.jpg en Socialism Anarchism HX Text Browsing: Politics Browsing: Sociology 119445 119454 2024-09-19T08:20:45.978178 2023-09-20T04:45:05.092140 text/html text/html 116697 2014-05-30T16:21:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 63985 2014-05-30T16:21:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 80680 2024-09-19T08:20:48.543159 application/epub+zip 80541 2024-09-19T08:20:46.545178 application/epub+zip 80041 2024-09-19T08:20:46.261168 application/epub+zip 123147 2024-09-19T08:20:50.302146 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 111577 2024-09-19T08:20:48.252185 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 111020 2022-09-20T20:40:05.860141 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 108133 107903 2024-09-19T08:20:45.793240 2023-09-20T04:45:04.917127 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 108079 2014-05-30T16:21:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 41440 2014-05-30T16:21:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 108069 2014-05-30T16:21:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 41424 2014-05-30T16:21:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20615 2024-09-19T08:20:50.426146 application/rdf+xml 10578 2024-09-19T08:20:46.325173 image/jpeg 2492 2024-09-19T08:20:46.292188 image/jpeg 70382 2024-09-19T08:20:45.993172 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia