- Home >
- Book Categories >
- History and Social Sciences >
- Politics >
- Anarchism >
- Mutual Aid
One hundred years after his death, Peter Kropotkin is still one of the most inspirational figures of the anarchist movement. It is often forgotten that Kropotkin was also a world-renowned geographer whose seminal critique of the hypothesis of competition promoted by Social Darwinism helped revolutionize modern evolutionary theory. An admirer of Darwin, he used his observations of life in Siberia as the basis for his 1902 collection of essays Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution. Kropotkin demonstrated that mutually beneficial cooperation and reciprocity - in both individuals and as a species - plays a far more important role in the animal kingdom and human societies than does individualized competitive struggle. Kropotkin carefully crafted his theory making the science accessible. His account of nature rejected Rousseau's romantic depictions and ethical socialist ideas that cooperation was motivated by the notion of 'universal love.' His understanding of the dynamics of social evolution
Books by this Author
-
Words Of A Rebel
by Peter Kropotkin
p/b
In stock Published: 21-04-2022£23.99More info -
Words Of A Rebel
by Peter Kropotkin
Electronic book text
In stock Published: 10-03-2022£5.99More info -
The Great French Revolution 1789-1793
by Peter Kropotkin
p/b
In stock Published: 27-01-2022£28.99More info -
The Great French Revolution 1789-1793
by Peter Kropotkin
Electronic book text
In stock Published: 30-12-2021£5.99More info -
Mutual Aid
by Peter Kropotkin
p/b
In stock Published: 11-11-2021£28.99More info
- Arts
- Biography
- Business and Law
- Children's
- Computing
- Computer Programming
- Cultural Studies
- Fiction
- Food and Drink
- General Reference and Study
- Gift and Humour
- Graphic Novels
- Encyclopedias and Maps
- Lifestyle, Health and Wellbeing
-
Music
- Music - Discographies and Buyer's Guides
- Music - Classical
- Music - Big Band
- Music - Brass and Military
- Music - Folk and Traditional
- Music - Jazz
- Music - Blues
- Music - Country and Western
- Music - Musicals
- Music - Rock and Pop
- Music - Soul and R 'n' B
- Music - Rap and Hip Hop
- Music - Reggae
- Music - Heavy Metal
- Music - Punk and Indie
- Music - World
- Music - New Age and Ambient
- Music - Specific Groups
- History and Social Sciences
- Science
- Sports and Hobbies
- Stationery
- Travel
- True Crime