CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2016
| Author | Huseynli, Ilkin |
|---|---|
| Title | How to deal with wrongdoers? : anarchist thinkers' attitudes towards criminals |
| Summary | This thesis discusses how a stateless and non-hierarchical anarchist society should deal with wrongdoers. Since anarchist thinkers do not give a blueprint of their future society, anarchism is criticized on the grounds that it will lead to chaos instead of a free commune. I believe that anarchists should develop a complete answer to crime and should offer suggestions on how an anarchist dispute resolution process should be arranged according to the main principles of anarchism. I analyze the dispute resolution process in stateless primitive anarchist societies; and argue that their techniques cannot be applied to modern complex societies because of the radical differences in their social structures. Furthermore, I analyze the ideas of six classic anarchist philosophers on human nature, law, as well as punishment, and formulate how the dispute resolution process should be arranged according to their basic philosophical foundations. I show that their answers to this fundamental question are incomplete and should be developed. Moreover, I demonstrate that classic anarchist philosophers do not follow the same route to their conclusions. Finally, I examine anarcho-capitalism and criticize it from a classical anarchist viewpoint, and I argue that anarcho-capitalism cannot be considered a part of the broad anarchist tradition, and it may lead to the (re)emergence of hierarchy, and many small states. |
| Supervisor | Bozóki, András |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2016/huseynli_ilkin.pdf |
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