Family Anarchology and Anarchopathology:(7/10) Family as the Birthplace and Tomb of Anarcocracy

 

Family Anarchology and Anarchopathology:(7/10) 

Family as the Birthplace and Tomb of Anarcocracy 

✍️ Mahmoud Sadeghi Janbehan

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Mechanisms for Transition from a Dominating Family to a Liberating Family

The family is the first social arena where an individual encounters the logic of power, obedience, or freedom. For this reason, analyzing the family is not merely a psychological or educational matter but a deeply social, political, and cultural issue. In the framework of family anarchology, the family can function in two fundamental ways:

☑️ As a dominating family, whether in traditional patriarchal or seemingly modern democratic forms, which in both cases reproduces the logic of command and obedience.

☑️ As a liberating family, which, by rejecting internalized domination and redefining relationships, becomes the primary laboratory for Anarcocracy (powerless self-governance).

The transition from a dominating family to a liberating family is not a natural, gradual process that occurs automatically through growth and maturation. Instead, it is a conscious and dialectical process that requires changes in the foundations of power, language, and family values, and is deeply dependent on education. The most important mechanisms of this transition are outlined below.

Federalism in the Family and the Distribution of Power

In traditional family structures, relationships are often defined vertically. Parents occupy the upper positions, and children the lower. Such a pattern reinforces domination and reproduces hierarchical structures, where command and obedience replace dialogue, collaboration, and shared experience. Consequently, the family acts not as a space for growth and creativity but as a disciplinary and controlling institution.

In contrast, a family-based federalism model defines relationships horizontally and equally. These relationships are built on independence alongside solidarity, dialogue, participation, and mutual respect. Family federalism does not eliminate the role of parents but redefines roles within the framework of human dignity and equality. Parents act as companions, guides, and facilitators—supporting the path of growth and life experience without suppressing the individual autonomy of children.

Horizontal family relationships not only strengthen mutual trust and self-awareness among children but also prevent the reproduction of domination at the micro level. A family run on federalist principles becomes the first small-scale platform for practicing Anarcocracy—a model of communal life in which freedom, equality, and mutual responsibility coexist. In this way, the family can transform from a domination-based institution into a center for participation, free dialogue, and moral development.

Breaking the Hegemony of Power through Family Federalism

In a dominating family, “blind obedience” becomes a central value and the primary standard of upbringing. Children learn to sacrifice their freedom and independence to achieve security and acceptance. Over time, this logic produces obedient and dependent subjects who perceive domination as natural and inevitable. Thus, the family becomes the first field for reproducing the hegemony of power.

Transitioning to a liberating family requires replacing the value of obedience with the value of autonomy. This shift is possible only when three fundamental domains are transformed:

  • Language: From commands and prohibitions to dialogue, exchange of views, and listening to the child’s voice.
  • Educational patterns: From punishment and reward to experience, learning, and fostering responsibility.
  • Power relations: From hierarchy and domination to participation, cooperation, and mutual respect.

In this framework, family federalism allows the formation of relationships free from pure obedience. The family’s core is reoriented around self-governance, dignity, and human worth. No member is subordinate to another; all contribute to the system’s dynamics within an interdependent yet autonomous network.

Through family federalism, the family system becomes more dynamic and creative, and each member experiences:

  • Freedom and autonomy
  • Respect for human dignity
  • Cultivation of justice in relationships
  • Development of cognitive and ethical courage

Such a family breaks the hegemony of power and, instead of reproducing domination, realizes small-scale living based on freedom, equality, and liberation.

Fostering Cognitive, Ethical, and Emotional Courage

A family practicing Anarcocracy is not only a space for love and care but also a school for courage in thinking, living, and feeling. The courage envisioned here is not blind rebellion against established norms for their unconventionality, but the capacity for conscious, responsible, and multifaceted opposition. Children learn that “saying no” is a natural and undeniable right. Opposing parents’ views or dominant norms is not a threat to order but an opportunity for learning, growth, and reflection.

☑️ Cognitive Courage: The ability to question, critique assumptions, and resist accepting truths solely based on authority. In an anarchoratic family, children are free to ask, doubt, and hold differing opinions, accepting truth based on reasoning and experience rather than someone’s power. This courage forms the foundation of liberating epistemology, freeing the mind from ideologies, imposed beliefs, and external authority.

☑️ Ethical Courage: The commitment to justice and human values even against power. In dominating families, children are conditioned to mere obedience to “musts.” In liberating families, ethics emerge from dialogue, shared experience, and free choice. Children learn to accept responsibility for their decisions and not remain silent in the face of injustice, even from close relations. This courage underpins the formation of free, responsible, and justice-oriented citizens.

☑️ Emotional Courage: The freedom to accept and express emotions without fear of blame, judgment, or humiliation. A liberating family teaches that emotions such as anger, sadness, fear, or joy are integral to human life. Children learn to express their emotions without using them for domination or self-interest while recognizing and respecting the emotions of others.

Cognitive, ethical, and emotional courage is the foundational force upon which Anarcocracy relies. A liberating family provides a space to practice responsible opposition, teaching children not to accept or reproduce domination. From early life, children understand that freedom means the ability to say no to any form of domination—in thought, ethics, and feeling.

Reference:

Sadeghi Janbehan, M. (1404). Anarchology and Anarchopathology of the Family: Family as the Birthplace and Tomb of Anarcocracy (7/10). Retrieved from https://anarchology.blogfa.com


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