Peter Kropotkin 1842 – 1921
Prince Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin was a Russian geographer, naturalist, and anarchist philosopher and one of the founders of anarcho-communism. After early fieldwork in Siberia that shaped his evolutionary views, he renounced his title and committed himself to the revolutionary movement, spending decades in exile in Western Europe. His Mutual Aid argued, against the social Darwinists of his day, that cooperation rather than competition is the principal factor in evolution, while The Conquest of Bread outlined his vision of a stateless society organized on the principle of common provision.
Key facts
- Nationality
- Russian
- Era
- Modern
- Movements
- Political
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Peter Kropotkin:
“Mutual aid is a factor of evolution.”
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Attributed to Peter Kropotkin:
“Cooperation, not competition, is the law of life.”
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Attributed to Peter Kropotkin:
“Anarchy is the rejection of all rule, of all authority not consented to.”
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Attributed to Peter Kropotkin:
“Bread for all is the foundation of every human society.”
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Attributed to Peter Kropotkin:
“The state is the organized destruction of mutual aid.”