Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 17:47:57 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Re: AUT:Peter Kropotkin


On Sat, 26 Sep 1998, Aim Deuelle Luski wrote:

> 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

Aim: You can find the paper on-line on my webpage or through the
Department of Economics gopher page. If you want the final published
version I can send it to you. Just let me know.

Harry





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> From: Richard Singer <ricinger-AT-inch.com>
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> Subject: Re: AUT:Peter Kropotkin
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> >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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> >of losing it in his later years.  Do you think that was the case?
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> >Richard Singer
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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
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Harry Cleaver
Department of Economics
University of Texas at Austin
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