| Mutual Aid Contributor(s): Gouveia, Andrea (Editor), Gouveia, Andrea (Translator), Kropotkin, P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1546749594 ISBN-13: 9781546749592 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $9.68 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Political |
| Physical Information: 0.32" H x 7" W x 10" (0.60 lbs) 150 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |