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A pioneering treatise on cooperation and reciprocity, from the
great anarchist thinker 'Don't compete! - competition is always
injurious to the species, and you have plenty of resources to avoid
it!' In his pioneering 1902 treatise on human cooperation, the
anarchist thinker and natural scientist Peter Kropotkin argued that
it is our innate instinct for mutual aid - rather than mutual
struggle - which enables societies to survive and flourish. From
the earliest days of evolution through to medieval guilds,
indigenous nomads and modern voluntary organisations, Kropotkin's
vision of small-scale, ecologically sustainable, collective
communities challenged the orthodoxies of his age, whether
individualism or Marxism. Mutual Aid offers instead a radical, and
prescient, rewriting of the whole of human history. With an
introduction by David Priestland
Prince Peter Kropotkin (1842-1921) was the most outstanding
anarchist thinker of his time. His writings, which combine
revolutionary fervor with intellectual rigor, were influential far
beyond the bounds of the anarchist movement. No mere propagandist,
Kropotkin aimed to provide anarchism with a scientific base through
research of dominant tendencies in society. Fields, Factories and
Workshops (1899) is a meticulously researched and brilliantly
argued outline for redirecting agricultural and industrial
production In a world of shrinking resources and increasing human
needs. More prophetic than utopian, this volume remains remarkably
pertinent to economic conditions at the end of the twentieth
century.
The analysis of trends at work in the United States, Japan, and
China are of amazing predictive power. Kropotkin's farsighted
vision of future industrial planning is today being fulfilled on a
wide scale in regions of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Equally
prophetic is his critique of mass production in which he
anticipates contemporary calls for multifaceted job training and
greater flexibility in the workplace. Fields, Factories and
Workshops constitutes a valuable source of Inspiration toward the
reinvigoration of the moral point of view in the discussion of
economics and social justice. It will be of continuing interest to
historians, economists, sociologists, and labor studies
specialists.
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Words Of A Rebel (Paperback)
Peter Kropotkin; Edited by Iain McKay; Preface by Elisee Reclus
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'Everywhere you will find that the wealth of the wealthy springs
from the poverty of the poor' Fuelled by anger at injustice and
optimism about humankind's ability to make a better, truly communal
society, the anarchist writings of Peter Kropotkin have influenced
radicals the world over, from nineteenth-century workers to today's
activists. One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great
Ideas series. This new selection showcases a diverse list of
thinkers who have helped shape our world today, from anarchists to
stoics, feminists to prophets, satirists to Zen Buddhists.
Writing partly in response to Social Darwinism, Kropotkin draws on
his scientific knowledge to illustrate the phenomenon of
cooperation. After examining the evidence of cooperation in
nonhuman animals, pre-feudal societies, medieval cities, and in
modern times, he concludes that cooperation and mutual aid are the
most important factors in the evolution of the species and the
ability to survive.
'The Conquest of Bread' is Peter Kropotkin's most extensive study
of human needs and his outline of the most rational and equitable
means of satisfying them.
In a work of stunning and well-reasoned scholarship, a famous
anarchist posits that the most effective human and animal
communities are essentially cooperative, rather than competitive.
Essential to the understanding of human evolution as well as social
organization, this book offers a powerful counterpoint to the
tenets of Social Darwinism.
In The Conquest of Bread, Peter Kropotkin describes how the
revolution can achieve a free, egalitarian, and self-sufficient
anarcho-communist society. In issuing his argument for this
society, Kropotkin critiques the various economic systems, from
pure capitalism to state-run socialism to collectivism.
Additionally, he provides the reader with a history of the
revolution, analyzing the failures and successes of past
revolutions, including the French revolutions of 1789, 1848, and
1871. Throughout, Kropotkin emphasizes humanity's ability to
cooperate and advance through mutual aid and science - abilities
critical to the success of the revolution and post-revolution
society. The Conquest of Bread is an important and enduring work of
political theory and anarchist thought. This Dialectics edition
includes nearly 100 new historical and biographical footnotes and
notes on the English translation from the original French text.
Also included are nine historic lithographs, etchings, and
woodblock prints depicting the periods discussed in the book. These
notes and illustrations help to make The Conquest of Bread as
relevant today as when it was first published. Peter Kropotkin
(1842-1921) was born a Russian prince, but abandoned his title at
the age of twelve. He escaped from his first imprisonment and lived
the bulk of his life in exile. Though he was a skilled geographer,
he is most known for being an important theorist of anarchism and
anarchist communism.
'Well-being for all is not a dream.' In this brilliantly enjoyable,
challenging rallying-cry of a book, Kropotkin lays out the heart of
his anarchist beliefs - beliefs which surged around the world in
the late 19th and early 20th centuries and which have a renewed
relevance and poignancy today. Humane, thoughtful - but also a
devastating critique of how modern society is organized (with the
brutal, narrow few clinging onto their wealth and privileges at the
expense of the many), The Conquest of Bread is a book to be argued
over, again and again.
Admired by Leo Tolstoy from the last century to Lewis Mumford in
our own, Peter Kropotkin's works were ahead of their time.
First published during Kropotkin's imprisonment, this collection
contains articles written between 1879 and 1882. The first complete
English version.
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