Description: A pioneering treatise on embracing cooperation and reciprocity to usher in a greener and more inclusive world, from the major anarchist thinker A Penguin Classic Welcome to the anarchist history of the world. In this lively, provocative work, Peter Kropotkin argues that "mutual aid" is a natural instinct in all of us, animal and human. Cooperation, reciprocity, support: these, for Kropotkin, are the overlooked foundations of our history. From the earliest days of evolution through to artisanal guilds, indigenous nomads, and even the Royal National Lifeboat Association, it is a pragmatic, mutually beneficial bond to our fellow humans that has allowed us to survive. In this, Kropotkin challenges all the major orthodoxies of his age, from individualism and social Darwinism to Marxist theories of the savior state. Instead, these essays insist that a better life for all of us--and our planet--begins when we reject competition, and embrace the local, the mutual, and the collective.
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Book Title: Mutual Aid : a Factor of Evolution
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Topic: Civilization, Sociology / General, Social History, Native American
Publication Year: 2024
Item Height: 0.7 in
Genre: Social Science, History
Item Weight: 8.3 Oz
Item Length: 7.8 in
Author: Peter Kropotkin
Item Width: 5.1 in
Format: Uk-B Format Paperback