Mutual Aid
Peter Kropotkin
2021713 pages
In 'Mutual Aid', Peter Kropotkin attacks the use of Darwinism as a social theory, arguing that cooperation is as important as competition, and had led to the highest achievements of the human race. Examining animals, indigenous societies, medieval cities, and the modern era, Kropotkin demonstrates the importance of cooperation and collective enterprise to evolution and survival, and as a means to social justice. This edition includes Kropotkin's extensive notes which are at the end of each chapter.
TitlepageImprintIntroductionMutual AidI: Mutual Aid Among AnimalsII: Mutual Aid Among Animals (Continued)III: Mutual Aid Among SavagesIV: Mutual Aid Among the BarbariansV: Mutual Aid in the Medieval CityVI: Mutual Aid in the Medieval City (Continued)VII: Mutual Aid Amongst OurselvesVIII: Mutual Aid Amongst Ourselves (Continued)ConclusionAppendixI: Swarms of Butterflies, Dragonflies, etc.II: The AntsIII: Nesting AssociationsIV: Sociability of AnimalsV: Checks to Over-MultiplicationVI: Adaptations to Avoid CompetitionVII: The Origin of the FamilyVIII: Destruction of Private Property on the GraveIX: The “Undivided Family”X: The Origin of the GuildsXI: The Market and the Medieval CityXII: Mutual-Aid Arrangements in the Villages of Netherlands at the Present DayEndnotesColophonUncopyright