| Kropotkin: Reviewing the Classical Anarchist Tradition Contributor(s): Kinna, Ruth (Author) |
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ISBN: 1474428371 ISBN-13: 9781474428378 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Anarchism - Philosophy | Political - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism |
| Dewey: 335.830 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.05 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book provides a re-assessment of Kropotkin's political thought and suggests that the 'classical' tradition which has provided a lens for the discussion of his work has had a distorting effect on the interpretation of his ideas. By setting the analysis of his thought in a number of key historical contexts, Ruth Kinna reveals the enduring significance of his political thought and questions the usefulness of those approaches to the history of ideas that map historical changes to philosophical and theoretical shifts. One of the key arguments of the book is that Kropotkin contributed to the elaboration of an anarchist ideology, which has been badly misunderstood and which today is too often dismissed as outdated. This sympathetic but critical analysis corrects some popular myths about Kropotkin's thought, highlights the important and unique contribution he made to the history of socialist ideas and sheds new light on the nature of anarchist ideology. |
