Mutual Aid (Paperback)

Paperback. Plt;bPgt;A pioneering treatise on cooperation and reciprocity, from the major anarchist thinkerPlt;/bPgt;Plt;iPgt;P#39;DonP#39;t compete! - competition is always injurious to the species, and you have plenty of resources to avoid it!P#39;Plt;/iPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;iPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;/iPgt;Welcome to the anarchist history of the world. In this lively, provocative work, Peter Kropotkin argues that P#39;mutual aidP#39; is a natural instinct in all of us, animal and human. Cooperation, reciprocity, support: these, for Kropotkin, are the overlooked foundations of our history.Plt;BRPgt; Plt;BRPgt;From the earliest days of evolution through to artisanal guilds, indigenous nomads and even the Royal National Lifeboat Association, it is a pragmatic, mutually beneficial bond to our fellow humans that has allowed us to survive. In this, Kropotkin challenges all the major orthodoxies of his age, from individualism and social Darwinism to Marxist theories of the saviour state. Instead, these essays insist that a better life for all of us - and our planet - begins when we reject competition, and embrace the local, the mutual and the collective.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;Plt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt; A 1902 collection of essays by Russian naturalist and anarchist philosopher Peter Kropotkin. Originally published in "The Nineteenth Century" from 1890 to 1896, the essays examine mutually-beneficial cooperation and reciprocity in both animal and human societies. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…