What Is National Anarchism?
National-anarchism is a radical right-wing nationalist ideology which advocates racial separatism, racial nationalism, ethnic nationalism, and racial purity. Part of the Nationalist family.
Definition
National-anarchism is a radical right-wing nationalist ideology which advocates racial separatism, racial nationalism, ethnic nationalism, and racial purity.
Definition quoted from Wikipedia: National-anarchism (text available under CC BY-SA 4.0; checked October 20, 2026).
Core ideas
- Rejection of the centralized state.
- Ethnically separate communities.
- Opposition to globalization and capitalism.
Origins
Britain in the 1990s.
Associated thinkers and leaders
Troy Southgate
How it is classified
Most anarchists and scholars regard it as a far-right ideology rather than a form of anarchism.
Core ideas, origins and thinkers: Atlas summary.
Where National Anarchism sits on the Atlas maps
| Map dimension | Score (0–100) | Position | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economic Collective / planned ↔ Market | 59 | near the center | |
| Social Progressive ↔ Traditional | 91 | strongly toward traditional | |
| Authority Libertarian ↔ Authoritarian | 11 | strongly toward libertarian | |
| National identity Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist | 100 | strongly toward nationalist | |
| Foreign policy Non-intervention ↔ Intervention | 7 | strongly toward non-intervention |
All nine underlying dimensions
| Dimension | Score | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Economic ownership Collective ownership ↔ Private ownership | 46 | near the center |
| Civil liberties Civil liberty ↔ State restrictions | 22 | toward civil liberty |
| National identity Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist | 100 | strongly toward nationalist |
| Social and cultural values Progressive ↔ Traditionalist | 99 | strongly toward traditionalist |
| Political governance Democratic ↔ Autocratic | 0 | strongly toward democratic |
| Equality and hierarchy Egalitarian ↔ Hierarchical | 68 | toward hierarchical |
| Economic management Free market ↔ State planning | 23 | toward free market |
| Military intervention Non-intervention ↔ Intervention | 7 | strongly toward non-intervention |
| Religion and government Secular state ↔ Religious authority | 72 | toward religious authority |
These positions are estimates on the Atlas’s nine-dimension scale, produced by running the tradition’s core principles through the same questions and scoring used for test-takers. They are interpretations for comparison, not objective measurements. How scores are made.
Estimated positions on key questions
| Statement | Position | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| People should be free to criticize the government without fear of legal punishment. | Strongly agrees | estimated from doctrine |
| Opposition parties should be free to compete in elections. | Strongly agrees | estimated from doctrine |
| Central economic planning is preferable to decentralized market decisions. | Strongly disagrees | estimated from doctrine |
| A naturalized citizen can belong to the nation as fully as someone born there. | Strongly disagrees | estimated from doctrine |
| A national religious authority should have the power to veto legislation. | Disagrees | estimated from doctrine |
| Military power should be used proactively when serious external threats are emerging. | Strongly disagrees | estimated from doctrine |
| Traditional values should guide what society considers right and wrong. | Strongly agrees | estimated from doctrine |
| The means of production should ultimately be owned collectively. | Disagrees | estimated from doctrine |
| Class distinctions should gradually disappear. | Strongly disagrees | estimated from doctrine |
| The government should cap prices for essential goods during normal economic conditions. | Strongly disagrees | estimated from doctrine |
Related ideologies
Main differences from the closest ideologies
- Compared with Paleoconservatism, National Anarchism sits 20 points further toward libertarian on the authority dimension.
- Compared with Agrarian Conservatism, National Anarchism sits 20 points further toward libertarian on the authority dimension.
- Compared with Agrarianism, National Anarchism sits 26 points further toward nationalist on the national identity dimension.
Figures with the closest estimated positions
Closeness of estimated positions only; this does not mean these people identify with National Anarchism.
Sources
- Wikipedia: National-anarchism
- Wikipedia: National Anarchism (Wikipedia search)
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Anarchism
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Nationalism
Position last reviewed: not yet reviewed individually.