Kropotkin and the Anarchist Intellectual Tradition

by Mac Laughlin, Jim
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ISBN: 9780745335124
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Activist, economist, geographer, evolutionary theorist, and philosopher Peter Kropotkin remains one of the most important and progressive anarchist theorists, pushing anarchist thought beyond an individualist model to a theory of communal anarchism. Kropotkin and the Anarchist Intellectual Tradition seeks to rescue Kropotkin's philosophy of anarchism from the neglect that it has suffered at the hands of mainstream histories of the social and environmental sciences. Jim Mac Laughlin provides a sustained and critical reading of Kropotkin's extensive writings on the social, historical, and scientific basis of modern anarchism, giving a thorough examination of a number of key themes in Kropotkin's philosophy, including his concerted efforts to provide anarchism with an historical and scientific basis; the role of mutualism and mutual aid in social evolution and natural history; the ethics of anarchism, including the ethics of scientific research; and the anarchist critique of state-centered nationalism and other expressions of power politics.
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Author: Mac Laughlin, Jim
  • ISBN: 9780745335124
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.40 x 0.80
  • Number Of Pages: 272
  • Publication Year: 2016

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