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A collection of articles written from 1886-1907.
His classic vision of a new world, updated by Colin Ward.
2014 Reprint of 1902 Edition. Full facsimile of the original
edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This
work is a landmark anarchist text by Peter Kropotkin, and arguably
one of the most influential and positive statements of the
anarchist political philosophy. It is viewed by many as the central
work of his writing career. It was first published in book form in
1898 in New York and London. Here Kropotkin shares his vision of a
more harmonious way of living based on cooperation instead of
competition. To a large degree, Kropotkin's emphasis is on local
organization, local production obviating the need for central
government. Kropotkin's vision is also on agriculture and rural
life, making it a contrasting perspective to the largely industrial
thinking of communists and socialists. Kropotkin's focus on local
production leads to his view that communities should strive for
self-sufficiency, the production of a community's own goods and
food, thus making import and export unnecessary. To these ends,
Kropotkin advocates irrigation and growth under glass and in fields
to boost local food production. This work has been widely
influential for anarchists and non-anarchist alike, and Kropotkin's
deductions are as controversial and revolutionary today as they
were when he formulated them.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the
original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as
marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe
this work is culturally important, we have made it available as
part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting
the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions
that are true to the original work.
The clearest statement of Kropotkin's anarchist social doctrines.
In Kropotkin's own description, the book is "a study of the needs
of humanity, and of the economic means to satisfy them."
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