Peter Kropotkin

Mutual Aid (eBook, ePUB)

A Factor of Evolution

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Produktbeschreibung

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. Kropotkin based this classic on his observations of natural phenomena and history, forming a work of stunning and well-reasoned scholarship. Essential to the understanding of human evolution as well as social organization, it offers a powerful counterpoint to the tenets of Social Darwinism. It also cites persuasive evidence of human nature's innate compatibility with anarchist society.
"Kropotkin's basic argument is correct," noted evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould. "Struggle does occur in many modes, and some lead to cooperation among members of a species as the best pathway to advantage for individuals." Anthropologist Ashley Montagu declared that "Mutual Aid will never be any more out of date than will the Declaration of Independence. New facts may increasingly become available, but we can already see that they will serve largely to support Kropotkin's conclusion that 'in the ethical progress of man, mutual supportnot mutual strugglehas had the leading part.'" Physician and author Alex Comfort asserted that "Kropotkin profoundly influenced human biology by his theory of Mutual Aid. . . . He was one of the first systematic students of animal communities, and may be regarded as the founder of modern social ecology."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Guilford Publications
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780486121536
• Artikelnr.: 39137960

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the 1914 Edition Introduction I.-II. Mutual Aid Among Animals
III. Mutual Aid Among Savages IV. Mutual Aid Among the Barbarians V.-VI.
Mutual Aid in the Mediæval City VII.-VIII. Mutual Aid Amongst Ourselves
Conclusion Appendix A I. Swarms of Butterflies, Dragon-flies, etc. II. The
Ants III. Nesting Associations IV. Sociability of Animals V. Checks to
Over-Multiplication VI. Adaptations to Avoid Competition VII. The Origin of
the Family VIII. Destruction of Private Property on the Grave IX. The
"Undivided Family" X. The Origin of the Guilds XI. The Market and the
Mediæval City XII. Mutual-Aid Arrangements in the Villages of Netherlands
at the Present Day Appendix B The Struggle for Existence in Human Society
by Thomas H. Huxley Index