1756 | First anarchist essay. General critique of statism. |
Edmund Burke | A Vindication of Natural Society |
1793 | First book on anarchism. First positive theory. |
William Godwin | An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice |
1833 | First anarchist. | Josiah Warren |
The Peaceful Revolutionist (1833), True Civilization (1863) |
1840 | First self-described anarchist. | Pierre Proudhon | What is Property? |
1844 | Egoist quasi-anarchist. | Max Stirner | The Ego and Its Own |
1849 | First anarcho-capitalist. | Gustave de Molinari | The Production of Security |
1866 | First anarcho-socialist. | Michael Bakunin | Revolutionary Catechism |
1867 | Individualist anarchist, natural law theorist. |
Lysander Spooner |
No Treason (1867), Natural Law (1882) |
1886 | Individualist anarchist publisher. | Benjamin Tucker | State Socialism and Anarchism |
1902 | First anarcho-communist. | Peter Kropotkin | Mutual Aid |
1973 | First modern anarcho-capitalist. | Murray Rothbard |
For a New Liberty (1973), The Ethics of Liberty (1982) |