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Kropotkin

The Politics of Community

ISBN-13: 9781629635576

Author(s): Brian Morris

Subjects: JPW

Publisher: Pm Press

Publisher Imprint: Pm Press E Books

Publication Date: 01-06-2018

Format: Ebook

Availability: In stock

£5.99
Kropotkin

About the book

The nineteenth century witnessed the growth of anarchist literature, which advocated a society based on voluntary cooperation without government authority. Although his classical writings on mutual aid and the philosophy of anarchism are still published today, Peter Kropotkin remains a neglected figure. A talented geographer and a revolutionary socialist, Kropotkin - often known as the anarchist prince - was one of the most important theoreticians of the anarchist movement. Well-researched and wide-ranging, this volume not only presents an important contribution to the history of anarchism, both as a political tradition and as a social movement, but also offers insightful reflections on contemporary debates in political theory and ecological thought. After a short biographical note, the book analyses in four parts Kropotkin's writings on anarchist communism, agrarian socialism, and integral education; modern science and evolutionary theory; the French Revolution and the modern state; and possessive individualism, terror, and war. Standing as a comprehensive and engaging introduction to anarchism, social ecology, and the philosophy of evolutionary holism, Kropotkin is written in a straightforward manner that will appeal to those interested in social anarchism and in alternatives to neoliberal doctrines.