The Great French Revolution - 1789-1793 - Kropotkin, Peter; Robinson, Victor
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Written by one of the greatest anarchists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, "The Great French Revolution - 1789-1793" is not to be missed by those with an interest in history and sociology. In this volume, Kropotkin offers a thought-provoking alternative perspective on the French Revolution. Contents include: "The Two Great Currents of the Revolution", "The Idea", "Action", "The People Before the Revolution", "The Spirit of Revolt: the Riots", "The Convocation of the States General Becomes Necessary", "The Rising of the Country Districts During the Opening Months of 1789", "Riots in…mehr

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Written by one of the greatest anarchists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, "The Great French Revolution - 1789-1793" is not to be missed by those with an interest in history and sociology. In this volume, Kropotkin offers a thought-provoking alternative perspective on the French Revolution. Contents include: "The Two Great Currents of the Revolution", "The Idea", "Action", "The People Before the Revolution", "The Spirit of Revolt: the Riots", "The Convocation of the States General Becomes Necessary", "The Rising of the Country Districts During the Opening Months of 1789", "Riots in Paris and Its Environs", etc. Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin (1842-1921) was a Russian writer, activist, revolutionary, economist, scientist, sociologist, essayist, historian, researcher, political scientist, geographer, geographer, biologist, philosopher and advocate of anarcho-communism. He was a prolific writer, producing a large number of pamphlets and articles, the most notable being "The Conquest of Bread and Fields, Factories and Workshops" and "Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution". This classic work is being republished now in a new edition complete with an excerpt from "Comrade Kropotkin" by Victor Robinson.
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Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin was a Russian anarchist and geographerknownas a proponent of anarchist communism. Born into an aristocratic land-owning family, Kropotkin attended a militaryschooland later served as an officer in Siberia, where he participated in several geologicalexpeditions. He was imprisoned for his activism in 1874 and managedtoescapetwoyears later. He spent the next 41 years in exile in Switzerland, France (wherehewasimprisoned for almost four years) and England. While in exile, he gave lecturesandpublished widely on anarchism and geography. Kropotkin returned toRussiaafterthe Russian Revolution in 1917, but he was disappointed by the Bolshevikstate. Kropotkin was a proponent of a decentralized communist society free fromcentralgovernment and based on voluntary associations of self-governing communitiesandworker-run enterprises. He wrote many books, pamphlets and articles, themostprominent being The Conquest of Bread and Fields, Factories, andWorkshops,with Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution being his principal scientific offering. Hecontributed the article on anarchism to the Encyclopædia BritannicaEleventhEdition and left an unfinished work on anarchist ethical