Anationalism

Anationalism is a political doctrine that rejects nationalism and national divisions in favor of solidarity among people beyond nation-states.

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Nationalism: A political principle that treats the nation as a central basis for identity, sovereignty, or political organization. Anationalism defines itself through rejection of nationalism’s political primacy.
Esperanto: An international auxiliary language created by L. L. Zamenhof and first published in 1887. Esperanto circles provided an early setting for articulating anational ideas.
Nation-state: A sovereign state whose political identity is associated with a nation understood as a people. Anationalism rejects national divisions as the basis for political belonging.
Anarchism: A political tradition opposing imposed hierarchy and advocating social arrangements without coercive authority. Anarchism directly contests state power, a position anationalism does not inherently entail.
Internationalism: Political cooperation and solidarity across national borders, often among movements or states. It crosses borders while generally retaining nations as political actors.
Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda: An international association of Esperanto-speaking workers founded in 1921. This organization institutionalized anationalism within an Esperanto-speaking labor movement.
Nation: A community understood as sharing a common identity, history, culture, or political destiny. The doctrine contests the nation’s role as a primary unit of solidarity.
Anti-nationalism: Opposition to nationalism, its political influence, or the organization of society around national identity. Anationalism is a particular doctrine within the broader opposition to nationalism.
Cosmopolitanism: The view that all people belong to a shared moral or political community beyond local affiliations. It shares an aspiration to extend solidarity beyond national membership.
Eugène Lanti: The French Esperanto writer and activist who helped found Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda. Lanti developed and promoted anationalism as a political doctrine.