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Peter Kropotkin spend 5 years observing animals in the wilds of Siberia, and having read Darwin, sought to replicate his opersations of the competitive struggle of species in the wild.
Gary B. Walls • Just a moment...
“Every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you,” Whitman wrote in what may be the most elemental definition of solidarity — this tender recognition of our interdependence and fundamental kinship, deeper than sympathy, wider than love.
Kropotkin spent four decades in exile across Western Europe and went on to influence generations of thinkers wit
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theanarchistlibrary.org
The term mutual aid was popularized by anarchist philosopher Peter Kropotkin who argued that cooperation and not competition was the driving force behind human evolution.
Designing for Transitions – Transition Design Seminar CMU
Kropotkin pointed out that Darwin’s own comments regarding the survival value of the social instincts are widely ignored. In The Descent of Man (1871), Darwin described how animal species in which cooperation among individuals replaced competitive struggle were able to secure the best conditions for survival. He implied that, in such cases, the fit... See more
Gary B. Walls • Just a moment...
Certains de nos penseurs les plus brillants, William Godwin, Proudhon, Kropotkine, Oscar Wilde, Tolstoï, Gandhi étaient anarchistes. Tous avaient vu les faiblesses de grands gouvernements centralisés et se mirent à imaginer des alternatives basées sur la liberté individuelle et un système fédéral d’autogouvernement.