Peter Kropotkin

Fields, Factories and Workshops

Vision of decentralized agriculture, industry, and workshop-based production

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Peter Kropotkin
Peter Kropotkin

Russian geographer and anarchist theorist whose Mutual Aid challenged Social Darwinism by arguing that cooperation, not competition, is the dominant principle of evolution. The Conquest of Bread outlined an anarchist-communist vision of post-revolutionary society. He was one of the most widely respected anarchist thinkers.

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