Individualist anarchism refers to several traditions of thought within the
anarchist movement that emphasize the
individual and their
will over external determinants such as groups, society, traditions, and ideological systems. Individualist anarchism is not a single philosophy but refers to a group of
individualistic philosophies that sometimes are in conflict. Thereafter, it expanded through
Europe and the
United States.
Benjamin R. Tucker, a famous 19th-century individualist anarchist, held that "if the individual has the right to govern himself, all external government is tyranny."