Anarchism in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed
Keywords:
Ursula K. Le Guin, Anarchism, Society, LawAbstract
In this paper, Le Guin’s The Dispossessed has been taken up for analyzing anarchists’ profundity of thought and ideology. This paper highlights the domination of the state and focuses on the brutal attitude of the government towards society. Le Guin critiques the laws imbibed by the government as, “To make a thief, make an owner, to create crime, create laws”. Le Guin has pointed out the anarchistic principles as the salvation mode to achieve this high status in one’s life.
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