From State Critique to Anarcho-Capitalism. Metapolitical Strategy in the Thought of Murray N. Rothbard Cover Image

Od krytyki państwa do anarchokapitalizmu. Strategia metapolityczna w myśli Murraya N. Rothbarda
From State Critique to Anarcho-Capitalism. Metapolitical Strategy in the Thought of Murray N. Rothbard

Author(s): Łukasz Święcicki
Subject(s): Political Philosophy, History of ideas
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika
Keywords: libertarianism; anarcho-capitalism; Murray N. Rothbard; political strategy; metapolitical strategy;

Summary/Abstract: The article attempts to critically analyse and evaluate the problem of strategy in Murray N. Rothbard's thought. The theoretical limitations of the possibility of developing a political strategy were recognised in the libertarian philosophy (in its anarcho-capitalist version) that he represented. A critical analysis of the sources has shown that Rothbard avoids this direction while advocating what could be called a metapolitical strategy, i.e. activities in the fields of culture, philosophy, education that precede and prepare political action. The author's thought, therefore, does not lend itself to being subsumed under the evolutionism-revolutionism dichotomy accepted in the literature. The article is not only a contribution to the study of Rothbard's thought and an attempt to fill the research gap in the study of libertarian strategies of political action, but also a contribution to the study of the ideological (doctrinal) foundations of political change.

  • Issue Year: 62/2026
  • Issue No: 55
  • Page Range: 9-23
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish
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