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Mutual AidPeter Kropotkin
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Mutual Aid

294 pagesFirst published 1987104 editions · 9 languages
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Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution is a 1902 collection of anthropological essays by Russian naturalist and anarchist philosopher Peter Kropotkin. The essays, initially published in the English periodical The Nineteenth Century between 1890 and 1896, explore the role of mutually-beneficial cooperation and reciprocity (or "mutual aid") in the animal kingdom and human societies both past and present. It is an argument against theories of social Darwinism that emphasize competition and survival of the fittest, and against the romantic depictions by writers such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who…

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Editions

104 editions · 9 languages
  • Paperback · English · 2022
    El Apoyo Mutuo
    Editorial Dharana · 384 pages · 9788412152012
  • Paperback · English · 2018
    Gegenseitige Hilfe in der Tier- und Menschenwelt
    Henricus Edition Deutsche Klassik · 300 pages · 9783847821854
  • Paperback · English · 2016
    El Apoyo Mutuo
    Createspace Independent Publishing Platform · 168 pages · 9781530556946
  • Paperback · English · 2014
    CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 192 pages · 9781497333734
  • Paperback · English · 2013
    El apoyo mutuo
    Seneca · 9788494040412
  • Paperback · English · 2012
    Mutual Aid a Factor of Evolution
    SMK Books · 178 pages · 9781617207235
Social institutionsCooperationSocial groupsSociologyCommon goodConsensus (Social sciences)MutualismSociologie