Anarchy (disambiguation)

Anarchy is the state of a society being freely constituted without authorities or a governing body. In contradiction to a misunderstanding of the concept as "chaotic", it includes order and peace.

Anarchy may also refer to:

General

 * Anarchism, the belief that the state and all forms of rulership are undesirable and should be abolished
 * Anarchy in international relations, posits that there is no universal sovereign or worldwide government
 * Lawlessness, the feared result of anarchism

Historical periods

 * Anarchy at Samarra, period of civil war and fragmentation in the Abbasid Caliphate (861–870)
 * Anarchy of the 12 Warlords, period of civil war in Vietnam (944–968)
 * Military Anarchy, period of civil war and military coups in the Roman Empire (235–284)
 * The Anarchy, the period of civil war and unsettled government in England during the reign (1135–1154) of King Stephen
 * Twenty Years' Anarchy, the period of extreme instability and several short-lived emperors in the Byzantine Empire (695–717)

Comics

 * Anarchy Comics, a series of underground comics published between 1978 and 1987
 * Anarchy, the fifth trade paperback volume of the Powers comic book series, published by Image Comics

Films

 * Cymbeline (film), or Anarchy, a 2014 film based on Shakespeare's Cymbeline
 * Anarchy (1989 film), a Soviet drama film

Music

 * Anarchy (Busta Rhymes album), 2000
 * Anarchy (Chumbawamba album), 1994
 * Anarchy (Neon Hitch album), 2016
 * Anarchy (Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku album), 2016
 * "Anarchy" (song), a 1997 song by KMFDM

Other arts and media

 * Anarchy (video game), a 1990 shooter video game
 * Anarchy Online, a 2001 science fiction MMORPG game
 * The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company, a 2019 book by William Dalrymple
 * Anarchy (book) (L'anarchia), Errico Malatesta's 1891 pamphlet explaining his version of anarchism
 * Anarchy (magazine), a London anarchist magazine from the 1960s
 * Anarchy: A Journal of Desire Armed, a North American anarchist magazine