individualism as a modern social anarchy

Authors

mehrdad navabakhsh

abstract

social anarchism sometimes referred to as socialist anarchism is generally considered tobe the branch of anarchism which sees individual freedom as being dependent upon mutual aid. socialanarchist consideration generally emphasizes community and social equality. society in the modernperiod is in a critical situation of not only economy and social system, but also in the remarkableaspects of the very existence of human beings. unless one finds a reliable approach to prevailcalamity, its social life is bound to be lost. how did humankind fall into such a critical state -a statethat endangers its social life? the present study aims at exploring a chance to clarify the loss of socialidentity and the crisis beyond it.

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Journal title:
iau international journal of social sciences

Publisher: islamic azad university, science and research branch

ISSN 2228-7221

volume 5

issue 3 2015

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