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Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution is a 1902 collection of anthropological essays by Russian naturalist and anarchist philosopher Peter Kropotkin.
With many large divisions of the animal kingdom mutual aid is the rule. Mutual aid is met with even amidst the lowest animals, and we must be prepared to learn some day, from the students of microscopical pond-life, facts of unconscious mutual support, even from the life of micro-organisms.
Sep 13, 2011 · This law boils down to Kropotkin's deep-seated conviction that what we today would call altruism and cooperation—but what the Prince called mutual aid—was the driving evolutionary force behind...
In Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin: Philosopher of revolution. In Mutual Aid, which is widely regarded as his masterpiece, he argued that, despite the Darwinian concept of the survival of the fittest, cooperation rather than conflict is the chief factor in the evolution of species. Providing abundant examples, he showed that sociability is a ...
Jul 23, 2017 · Kropotkin, P. (1972a), Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution, New York, New York University Press
Aug 1, 2003 · Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution by kniaz Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin. Read now or download (free!) Similar Books. Readers also downloaded… In Anarchism. About this eBook. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
In this cornerstone of modern liberal social theory, Peter Kropotkin states that the most effective human and animal communities are essentially cooperative, rather than competitive.
