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- A government in which a single leader or party exercises absolute control over all citizens and every aspect of their lives: absolutism, autocracy, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, tyranny. See over/under, politics.
Autarchism
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autarky
autarchy, autarkyThese two derivatives of similar but different Greek roots (archein, to rule; arkeein, to suffice) are frequently confused. ‘Autarchy’ means self-government, usually nowadays without pejorative overtones. ‘Autarky’ is invariably used pejoratively to mean self-government in a manner condemned by the speaker. A regime is autarkic if it tries to be self-sufficient by cutting off trade and intercourse with the rest of the world.
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IN BRIEF: n. - A political system governed by a single individual; Economic independence as a national policy.
Tutor's tip: A country governed by "autarchy" (autocratic rule) is unlikely to have "autarky" (national policy of establishing an independent and self-sufficient economy).
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"Autarchy" redirects here. For the closed economy, see Autarky
Autarchism (from Greek, "belief in self rule") is a political philosophy that upholds the principle of individual liberty, rejects compulsory government, and supports the elimination of government in favor of ruling yourself and no other. Advocates of the philosophy are autarchist (from Greek, "one who believes in self rule"), while the state in which everyone rules themselves and no one else is autarchy (from Greek autarchia, "state of self rule").
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Autarchists
Robert LeFevre, a "self-proclaimed autarchist"[1] recognized as such by Murray Rothbard,[2] distinguished autarchism from anarchism, whose economics he felt entailed interventions contrary to freedom, in contrast to his own laissez faire economics of the Austrian School.[3] In professing "a sparkling and shining individualism" while "it advocates some kind of procedure to interfere with the processes of a free market", anarchism seemed to LeFevre to be self-contradictory.[3] He situated the fundamental premise of autarchy within the Stoicism of philosophers such as Zeno, Epicurus and Marcus Aurelius, which he summarized in the diktat "Control yourself".[4] Fusing these influences together, he arrived at the autarchist philosophy: "The Stoics provide the moral framework; the Epicureans, the motivation; the praxeologists, the methodology. I propose to call this package of ideological systems autarchy, because autarchy means self-rule."[4].
LeFevre stated "the bridge between Spooner and modern-day autarchists was constructed primarily by persons such as H. L. Mencken, Albert Jay Nock, and Mark Twain"[3].
Ralph Waldo Emerson, although he did not call himself an autarchist, is considered to have espoused autarchy. Philip Jenkins has stated that "Emersonian ideas stressed individual liberation, autarchy, self-sufficiency and self-government, and strenuously opposed social conformity"[5]. Robert D. Richardson stated that the anarchy Emerson "has in mind would be 'autarchy', rule by self".[6]
George Burghope wrote the essay "Autarchy, or, the art of self government" in 1691[7].
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References
- ^ Grubbs Jr., K. E. (June 1989). "Book Review: Robert LeFevre: Truth Is Not a Half-way Place by Carl Watner". THE FREEMAN: Ideas on Liberty (Foundation for Economic Education) 39 (6). http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=2763.
- ^ Rothbard, Murray N. (2007). The Betrayal of the American Right. Ludwig von Mises Institute. p. 187. ISBN 978-1-933550-13-8.
- ^ a b c Autarchy vs Anarchy by Robert LeFevre - Rampart Journal of Individualist Thought Vol. 1, No. 4 (Winter, 1965): 30–49
- ^ a b Autarchy by Robert LeFevre - Rampart Journal of Individualist Thought Vol. 2, No. 2 (Summer, 1966): 1–18
- ^ Jenkins, Philip (1995). A History of the United States. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 108. ISBN 0312163614.
- ^ Richardson, Jr., Robert D (1997). Emerson: The Mind on Fire. University of California Press. p. 535. ISBN 0520206894.
- ^ Hopkins University Libraries Catalog
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- Politics by Ralph Waldo Emerson - In it, he advocates the practice of self-government as the most rightful way to organize individuals in society (1844).
- The Nature of Man and His Government by Robert LeFevre - an introduction by Rose Wilder Lane (1959).
- On the Other Hand by Robert LeFevre - Rampart Journal of Individualist Thought Vol. 2, No. 2 (Summer, 1966): 83–88
- Self-Government by Donald J. Boudreaux - The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty - September 2000 Vol. 50 No. 9
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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - enevælde, diktatur, despotisme
2.
n. - autarki, selvstyrende område, selvstyrende land
Nederlands (Dutch)
onbeperkte soevereiniteit, onafhankelijk zelfbestuur, land zo bestuurd, dwangbestuur
Français (French)
1.
n. - autocratie, souveraineté absolue
2.
n. - autarcie, politique d'indépendance économique
Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Autarchie, Unabhängigkeit, unumschränkte Herrschaft
2.
n. - (Wirts) Selbstgenügen, wirtschaftliche Unabhängigkeit
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - απολυταρχία
Italiano (Italian)
autarchia, autocrazia
Português (Portuguese)
n. - autarquia (f), autocracia (f), governo (m) ou poder (m) absoluto
Русский (Russian)
самодержавие, автократия
Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - autarquía
2.
n. - soberanía absoluta
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - envälde, despotism
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 独裁, 独裁专制统治, 专制
2. 独裁国家, 专制国家
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 獨裁, 獨裁專制統治, 專制
2.
n. - 獨裁國家, 專制國家
한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 독재정치[국가], 자치
n. - 자급자족, 경제 자립 정책[국가]
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) سياده مطلقه, حكم مطلق
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - שלטון מוחלט, רודנות
n. - מדינה או חברה הנתונה בשלטון רודני
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