Essay plans

• 'To what extent do anarchists agree on human nature'

   

  • Socially minded (Bakunin + Kropotkin)
  • Individualistic (Stirner, Proudhon + Goldman: Stirner only one who is truly individualistic)
  • Divisions between the two (Not very long, simply just highlighting the key differences)
  • Optimistic vs pessimistic (Bakunin, Kropotkin, Proudhon, Goldman vs Stirner + Goldman's nuanced view on optimism)
• 'To what extent do anarchists agree on the state'

   

  • Why and how anarchists wish to remove the state (Main division is HOW to remove the state, but human nature plays the key role in why they want to remove it in the first place)
  • What to replace the state with (collectivism vs individualism vs mutualism)
• 'To what extent do anarchists agree on society'

   

  • Collectivism (Bakunin + Kropotkin, fairly short paragraph)
  • Individualism (Stirner + Goldman, fairly short paragraph)
  • Utopian society (collectivism vs individualism vs mutualism, mentioning the role of the economy in society)
• 'To what extent do anarchists agree on the economy'

   

  • Collectivism vs Mutualism (Kropotkin + Bakunin vs Proudhon + Goldman)
  • Individualism vs Mutualism (Stirner vs Proudhon + Goldman)
  • Individualism vs Collectivism (Stirner vs Kropotkin + Bakunin)