Anarchy (disambiguation)

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Anarchy is the state of a society being freely constituted without authorities or a governing body. In contradiction to a misunderstanding of the concept as "chaotic", it includes order and peace.

Anarchy may also refer to:

General

Anarchism, the belief that the state and all forms of rulership are undesirable and should be abolished
Anarchy in international relations, posits that there is no universal sovereign or worldwide government
Lawlessness, the feared result of anarchism

Historical periods

Anarchy at Samarra, period of civil war and fragmentation in the Abbasid Caliphate (861–870)
Anarchy of the 12 Warlords, period of civil war in Vietnam (944–968)
Military Anarchy, period of civil war and military coups in the Roman Empire (235–284)
The Anarchy, the period of civil war and unsettled government in England during the reign (1135–1154) of King Stephen
Twenty Years' Anarchy, the period of extreme instability and several short-lived emperors in the Byzantine Empire (695–717)

Comics

Anarchy Comics, a series of underground comics published between 1978 and 1987
Anarchy, the fifth trade paperback volume of the Powers comic book series, published by Image Comics

Films

Cymbeline (film), or Anarchy, a 2014 film based on Shakespeare's Cymbeline
Anarchy (1989 film), a Soviet drama film

Music

Anarchy (Busta Rhymes album), 2000
Anarchy (Chumbawamba album), 1994
Anarchy (Neon Hitch album), 2016
Anarchy (Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku album), 2016
"Anarchy" (song), a 1997 song by KMFDM

Other arts and media

Anarchy (video game), a 1990 shooter video game
Anarchy Online, a 2001 science fiction MMORPG game
The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company, a 2019 book by William Dalrymple
Anarchy (book) (L'anarchia), Errico Malatesta's 1891 pamphlet explaining his version of anarchism
Anarchy (magazine), a London anarchist magazine from the 1960s
Anarchy: A Journal of Desire Armed, a North American anarchist magazine