Albert Camus
(1913–60),French novelist, dramatist and essayist, whose works defined and contributed to the philosophical concept of the ‘absurd’ (see Absurd, Theatre of The).
anarcho-syndicalism
A term which described principally trade union movements or political parties whose actions and ideals were based on anarchism and syndicalism. In particular, they advocated direct, militant action ...
anomie
The state of a person or group of people who lack any ethical or social guidance to regulate their behaviour. Lawlessness.
antimilitarism
N. the belief that war is unjustifiable, that the role played by the military in fostering injustice should be opposed, and that the causes of war should be eliminated by nonviolent action.[...]
Assassination
The premeditated murder of a political figure for reasons associated with the victim's prominence, political perspective, or some combination of both is known as assassination. As a formal means of ...
Baader-Meinhof gang
Byname of the West German anarchist terrorist group, Red Army Faction. Its leaders were Andreas Baader (1943–77) and Ulrike Meinhof (1934–76). The group opposed and attacked the capitalist ...
Bartholomeus De Ligt
Bartholomeus De Ligt (1918–1939) was born in Schalkwijk in the center of the Netherlands on 17 July 1883, the son of an orthodox Protestant minister. Rather early, De Ligt drifted ...
Celestin Charles Alfred Bouglé
(1870–1940)A close associate of Émile Durkheim who undertook studies of egalitarianism, democracy, socialism, a general study of social values (The Evolution of Values, 1922), and a review of ...
Chile
Chile has set aside the Pinochet years, and now has a stable democracy and a successful economyChile is remarkably narrow: 4,329 kilometres long and on average no more than 180 kilometres wide. From ...
collectivism
An economic system in which much of the planning is carried out by a central government and the means of production is owned by the state. This system was formerly common in eastern Europe and the ...
command economy
An economy in which the activities of firms and the allocation of productive resources is determined by government direction rather than market forces.
communism
A theory of classless society with common ownership of property and wealth and centrally planned production and distribution based on the principle ‘from everyone according to their skills, to ...
communitarianism
n. an approach to ethical problems that rejects excessive emphasis on the individual and focuses instead on social cohesion and community interests, arguing that every single person is embedded ...
Conditions of Peace
Conditions that are conducive to peace depend primarily on the definition of peace and secondarily on whether peace is being addressed at an intercommunal, a national, or an international level. ...
convention
1 A formal gathering of people such as members of professional organizations or people who have a shared concern about a set of issues such as the health of the population. Also a formal statement ...
criminology
N.The study of crime. Criminology is an interdisciplinary field that combines aspects of legal theory and the substantive legal disciplines with approaches based on psychology, sociology, and moral ...
Dorothy Day
(1897–1980), co-founder, with the visionary Frenchman Peter Maurin (1877–1949), of the lay-dominated Catholic Worker movement in the USA. A radical socialist, she was involved in various disastrous ...
Emma Goldman
(1869–1940)Anarchist activist, born in Lithuania. She campaigned in the USA for workers' rights, birth control, and other causes. She was deported to Russia in 1919 and in 1931 published her ...
feminist Theory
The extension of feminism (understood as a practical social movement concerned to address the inequality of the sexes) into theoretical discourse. Undoubtedly one of the most important and ...
