Peter Kropotkin

Mutual Aid

Anarchist evolutionary theory arguing cooperation and mutual aid in nature

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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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