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A 5 page research paper that argues that the Industrial Revolution, which reshaped the economies of Western European nations, brought wealth to many, but it also brought intense hardship to the average working person. Because of the hardships and inequalities of the nineteenth century, numerous theories arose in reaction to the new economic conditions created by industrialization. These theories sought to alleviate the problems of industrialization through alteration of the systems of government and also in the manner in which the economies was handled. The writer explores two of these theories: anarchism and Marxism. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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of the hardships and inequalities of the nineteenth century, numerous theories arose in reaction to the new economic conditions created by industrialization. These theories sought to alleviate the problems of
industrialization through alteration of the systems of government and also in the manner in which the economies was handled. The common factor between these various theories were humanistic concerns for
the working class families of the era. Anarchism Anarchism refers to a philosophical movement that advocates nearly total liberty for individuals and usually opposes all forms of authority (Black,
2000). These political activists, sometimes terrorists, such as Auguste Blanqui (1805-1881), sought the abolition of both capitalism and the state (Kagan, Ozment and Turner, 1991). Blanqui urged the formulation of
a professional revolutionary force, which would attack bastions of capitalist society (Kagan, Ozment and Turner, 1991). The common perception is that anarchists advocate total chaos in society, but political scientists
Terence Ball of Arizona State University denies this allegation (Black, 2000). But it is true that anarchists believe that all governments should be abolished. They maintains that if there were
no government, many of the problems that people think that they need government to handle would disappear. Whatever problems remained, anarchists believe could be handled by small voluntary associations (Black,
2000). The roots of modern anarchism are found in the nineteenth century and the Industrial Revolution. Frenchman Pierre Joseph Proudhon (1809-1865) was very influential in the formation of
this movement and wrote that "governments are the scourge of God" (Black, 2000). Max Stirner (1806-1856), a German followers of Proudhon, explained this statement by writing that "every State is
a tyranny...(because) the State has only purpose: to limit, control and subordinate the individual" (Black, 2000). Considering the various ways in which capitalists controlled and dominated their workers in the
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