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Studying
input that various disciplines have on
subject makes you understand some more why anarchy is rather impossible to achieve in any other way than
unpremeditated violence it comes disguised as mostly.
Economists,
experts if not inventors of
models so heavily in use in all disciplines now, are refreshingly unscrupulous in doing away with
state organisation as we know it today, yet
alternatives they come up with turn out often more tedious than what governments propose anyway. However,
economists do have most leeway it seems to argue
case for greater thought of alternative rule. The current rise of libertarian thought that's
by product of US global dominance goes hand in hand with
ideas that economists have been mumbling on about for ages; leave
world to its chaos and one way or other an order will emerge. Most of them base their systems on
appropriation of property in some way or other, which might be a good idea. Basing your initial foundation around who owns what is proving a workable concept if you look at
European Union. But somehow it feels a bit hollow and to only have economic principles ruling a society would essentially be degrading for humanity.
The ideas of other scholars provide more exciting input. Philosophers come out with by far
most interesting ideas but it might be frustrating to gauge just how consequential or tennable their views are for
rest of
world. The current trend in
academies is to loosen
philosophical debate from
belief that it is arguing about a real reality. This has opened up
discipline to
condemnation that their so called 'language games' is reducing
philosophers to fools rather than wise men. Yet this dismissal is unfounded, because not all philosophers stick to
idea that reality is merely known through language and even if this were
case anyway, there would still be too much value in this to dismiss it.
From practical point of view however,
philosophers come in most handy when structured thought about alternative society organisation is focused on technology or science or a mixture of both. The debate in
sciences and in
philosophy of science over whether reality is determined by interwoven forces or whether there is no relation between them -the battle between determinists and pluralists- is by far not resolved. Yet, given modern society's leaning to include anything to do with our immediate future, it is likely that not only will we see this debate feature prominently in any research on alternative ways of organising real life, but also in
established system. In fact,
anarchization of life has started ages ago, and we simply need to realise it.
All efforts by humans are geared toward mastering
dizzying intricacies of life some way or other, but
speed at which this takes place is a determining factor for
success rate more than anything else. The sciences provide this speed, so it's no wonder that
rest of
disciplines are gathered around this consternation and have started to provide their tools in a scientific light.
That is why it is interesting to see what's going on in
philosophy of science. It appears to yield ideas for finding decisive answers as to whether
philosophers are right in stating that researching
chances for a country to be ruled by alternative rule might be pointless because -as many economists, philosophers and scientists claim-
way reality interrelates is determined by forces we do not have a chance to control. The debate is by dint of
nature of
perceived progress of
sciences imperative for any initial thought on
way society can be organised alternatively.

Angelique van Engelen is a freelance writer working for www.contentclix.com and living in the Netherlands. She also contributes to a writing ring http://clixyPlays.blogspot.com