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Agrarianism

Philosophy supporting rural society

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJul 6, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Agrarianism is a social and political philosophy that advocates for rural development, a rural agricultural lifestyle, family farming, widespread property ownership, and political decentralization. Those who adhere to agrarianism tend to value traditional forms of local community over urban modernity. Agrarian political parties sometimes aim to support the rights and sustainability of small farmers and poor peasants against the wealthy, powerful and famous in society.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Agrarianism” as philosophy supporting rural society. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewMost valuable as an event-and-institution map that identifies actors, dates and record creators for deeper historical inquiry. The current 65-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Agrarianism, Philosophy and supporting can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the history & society register because the source frames it as philosophy supporting rural society. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Contemporary correspondence, administrative files and participant testimony can test how later narratives organized the event or institution. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 6, 2026.

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This entry incorporates text from “Agrarianism” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.