A CRITICAL OVERVIEW OF CONTEMPORARY ANARCHISM: A SOLUTION TO REMODELING THE SOCIETY

Abstract

The problem of individual freedom, the authority of state and the obligation of citizens to the state have been the point of focus and debate over the years. This enigma has led many political philosophers and political gladiators within the political arena to proffer certain theories with the assurance that if logically monitored will lead to social nirvana. Within this thinking, many philosophers like Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes and Lock are of the opinion that individuals will attain the highest potentials of their personality under the state and its apparatus. In contrast to this view is the traditional problem of the liberalist political theory- the anarchists who rather deny the supremacy of authority over the individual. The anarchist believe in the individual's authority over the state as both the Alpha and Omega. It is within these extremes that this research seeks to investigate backdrops of anarchist caveats, expose their political philosophy, state their attack on state property and law, its attainment to the demise of the State and recommend the anarchists modem for remodeling the society using the critical, analytic and explanatory methods as research methodology.