Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution - Softcover

Kropotkin, P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1546896791 ISBN 13: 9781546896791

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution is a 1902 essay collection by Russian anarchist philosopher Peter Kropotkin. The essays, initially published in the English periodical The Nineteenth Century between 1890 and 1896, explore the role of mutually-beneficial cooperation and reciprocity (or "mutual aid") in the animal kingdom and human societies both past and present. It is an argument against the competition-centred theories of so-called social Darwinism, as well as the romantic depictions of cooperation presented by writers such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who argued it was motivated by universal love rather than self-interest. Mutual Aid is considered a fundamental text in anarchist communism, presenting a scientific basis for communism alternative to the historical materialism of the Marxists. Many biologists also consider it an important catalyst in the scientific study of cooperation.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1546896791
• ISBN 13: 9781546896791
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 150
• Editor: Duran Jhon