Anti-authoritarianism
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Anti-authoritarianism
Anti-authoritarianism is opposition to authoritarianism, which is defined as a "a form of social organisation characterised by submission to authority"[1] Anti-authoritarians usually believe in full equality before the law and strong civil liberties. Sometimes the term is used interchangeably with anarchism, an ideology which rejects the state and other compulsory forms of hierarchical authority altogether.
After World War II there was a strong sense of anti-authoritarianism based on anti-fascism in Europe. This was attributed to the active resistance from occupation and to fears arising from the development of superpowers.[2]
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- ^ Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus (1995). "authoritarianism". Houghton Mifflin Company. http://www.bartleby.com/62/15/A0111500.html. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
- ^ Cox, David (2005). Sign Wars: The Culture Jammers Strike Back!. LedaTape Organisation. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-9807701-5-5. http://books.google.com/books?id=zKo8DrmamAwC. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
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