Anarchy is the state of a society being without authorities or a governing body.
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 (essay) (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
See also
Anarchist (disambiguation) Anarchism (disambiguation) Anarky (disambiguation) Anomie, a social condition characterized by an absence or diminution of standards or values Chaos (disambiguation), unpredictability, the antithetical concept of cosmos Relationship anarchy, the application of anarchist principles to intimate relationships