The Essential Kropotkin
1975
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More than any Russian thinker of his time, Prince Peter Kropotkin (1842-1921) anticipated the great social and ethical problems of the twentieth century. This book is a definitive general selection from all his works, including Appeal to the Young, Law and Authority, The Wage System, and Anarchism . The major works represented include Memoirs of a Revolutionist; Mutual Aid; The Great French Revolution ; and Fields, Factories, and Workshops .
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Pyotr Kropotkin
Author · 31 books
Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin (Пётр Алексеевич Кропоткин, other spelling: Peter Kropotkin, Pëtr Alekseevič Kropotkin, Pëtr Kropotkin), who described him as "a man with a soul of that beautiful white Christ which seems coming out of Russia." He wrote many books, pamphlets and articles, the most prominent being The Conquest of Bread and Fields, Factories and Workshops, and his principal scientific offering, Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution. He was also a contributor to the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition.
