The Government Of No One The Theory And Practice Of Anarchism

The Government of No One: The Theory and Practice of Anarchism is Ruth Kinna’s wide-ranging introduction to anarchism as a political philosophy and lived movement. It challenges the idea that anarchy simply means chaos, explaining instead how anarchist traditions have imagined freedom, cooperation, collective welfare, and social organisation without the state. Kinna traces anarchism through thinkers and activists such as Peter Kropotkin and Emma Goldman, alongside events including the Paris Commune and the Haymarket affair. The book examines diverse anarchist currents across Europe, Russia, Japan, and the United States, linking their ideas to questions about power, violence, gender, work, democracy, and social change. First published by Pelican in 2019, the hardback edition is 432 pages (ISBN 9780241396551); the paperback edition was published in 2020 (ISBN 9780141984667).