Anarcodaoísmo: Entre a Anarquia e o 道Dào

Anarchodaoism: Between the Anarchy and the 道Dào

Abstract

This article proposes to bring Daoism, a Chinese philosophical and religious tradition that dates back more than two thousand years, to anarchism. To achieve this end, at first, a comparative analysis of the basic concepts present in the two systems of thought will be carried out, where some ideas and attitudes will be demonstrated that are shared, to a greater or lesser degree, by both. Then, excerpts from the two classic books of Daoism will be used, namely the 道德經 Dào Dé Jīng by 老子 Lǎozǐ and the 南華經 Nán Huá Jīng by 莊子 Zhuāngzǐ, to point out and exemplify these common concepts, starting from the assumption that
Anarchist thoughts were built throughout history, having emerged long before the establishment of anarchism as a socio-political movement, at the end of the 19th century.

Keywords: Daoism; Chinese anarchism; Dao De Jing; Nan Hua Jing