Subject: Re: AUT:Peter Kropotkin
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 16:54:35 +0200


can u send me also the paper?
Im giving a seminar at Beit Berel Collage of high school teachers, Israel
ob the history of anarchism.
thank you
aim
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From: Richard Singer <ricinger-AT-inch.com>
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Date: יום שישי 25 ספטמבר 1998 20:12
Subject: Re: AUT:Peter Kropotkin


>Harry Cleaver wrote:
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>>Pyotr Kropotkin is probably (along with Bakunin) the most famous of all
>>the Russian Anarchists. He was born into nobility, sat on the Czar's knee,
>>sent to an elite military academy and then headed off to Siberia as a
>>geologist. Besides doing some pathbreaking work on Siberian geology he
>>studied animal and human societies in the area and was profoundly
>>impressed with patterns of mutual aid in various species that contradicted
>>the usual representation of Darwinian evolution as a war of all against
>>all. This would lead to his book Mutual Aid years later. In Switzerland he
>>met the anarchist watchmakers of the Jura and their ideology meshed with
>>his own views developed in Siberia. He became an anarchist --often called
>>the Anarchist PRince. He was an important figure in what is called
>>"anarcho-communism" and much of his work is similar to threads within
>>autonomist Marxism. I wrote a paper on the similarities and differences
>>for the conference in Russia back in 1992 celebrating the aniversary of
>>his birth --the first overt anarchist public event in Russia since he died
>>shortly after the revolution. It was a great conference, took place over
>>seven days in three different cities. He wrote lotsa books and quite a bit
>>has been written about him. He wrote well and is easy to read. Enjoy.
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>        What's your take on his support of WWI?  Some people say he was
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>P.S.  The paper sounds very interesting... I've noted the many similarities
>between Bakunin and the early Marx, but I haven't yet delved into Kropotkin
>in this way.  Anyway, have you, by chance, put any of this paper on the
Web,
>or do you plan to in the future?
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