Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution
by Kropotkin, Peter
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About This Item
The famous exiled Russian "anarchist prince," one of the foremost communist anarchist philosophers, was also a geographer and an exponent (in this particular work) of an alternative to the Social Darwinism of eugenicists like Francis Galton that was ascendant at the turn of the century. Instead of competition, Kroptkin argued, "an evolutionary emphasis on cooperation [...] made for the success of species, including the human." He did not deny competitive urges existed in humans but did not consider them the real motors of human progress. This work has since been considered an important step in the development of evolutionary biology by Stephen Jay Gould amongst other writers.
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- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140946124
- Title
- Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution
- Author
- Kropotkin, Peter
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First English edition
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1902
- Keywords
- anarchism, anarchist, philosophy, Russia, Russian, Pyotr, evolutionary biology, cooperation, philosopher, competition, anthropology
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