At 2:22 PM -0700 5/14/97, Tim May wrote:
The meaning of anarchy, and how it differs from chaos and random killings, has been discussed many times. David Friedman's "The Machinery of Freedom" is a good book to start with. Bruce Benson's "The Enterprise of Law" also discusses how lawlessness is not at all a necessary part of "no rulers"
For anarchy in a fictional setting I recommend two books by Ursula K. LeGuin. "The Dispossessed" and "Always Coming Home". In a lecture several years ago in San Francisco, she said of the two books that in "The Dispossessed" I set out to describe an anarchy. In "Always Coming Home" I just let it happen. BTW - When I read "Always Coming Home", I was over half-way thru the book before I had any idea of what it was about. Be prepared for a long period of confusion as to why you are reading it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz | God could make the world | Periwinkle -- Consulting (408)356-8506 | in six days because he did | 16345 Englewood Ave. frantz@netcom.com | not have an installed base.| Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA