Kropotkin and the Anarchist Intellectual Tradition
Autor Jim MacLaughlinen Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 feb 2016
Activist, economist, geographer, evolutionary theorist, and philosopher Peter Kropotkin remains one of the most important and progressive anarchist theorists, pushing anarchist thought beyond an individualist model to a theory of communal anarchism. Kropotkin and the Anarchist Intellectual Tradition seeks to rescue Kropotkin’s philosophy of anarchism from the neglect that it has suffered at the hands of mainstream histories of the social and environmental sciences. Jim Mac Laughlin provides a sustained and critical reading of Kropotkin’s extensive writings on the social, historical, and scientific basis of modern anarchism, giving a thorough examination of a number of key themes in Kropotkin’s philosophy, including his concerted efforts to provide anarchism with an historical and scientific basis; the role of mutualism and mutual aid in social evolution and natural history; the ethics of anarchism, including the ethics of scientific research; and the anarchist critique of state-centered nationalism and other expressions of power politics.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780745335124
ISBN-10: 0745335128
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 140 x 222 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Editura: PLUTO PRESS
Colecția Pluto Press
ISBN-10: 0745335128
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 140 x 222 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Editura: PLUTO PRESS
Colecția Pluto Press
Notă biografică
Jim Mac Laughlin is a political geographer and social scientist. He is the author of Reimagining theNation-State: The Contested Terrains of Nation Building, also published by Pluto Press.
Cuprins
1. Anarchism Before Kropotkin
2. Peter Kropotkin: The Education of an Anarchist
3. Peter Kropotkin and the Legitimization of Anarchism
4. 'Scientific Anarchism’ and Evolutionary Theory: Towards an Ontology of Anarchist Ethics and Altruism
5. Kropotkin’s Anarchism and the Nineteenth-Century Geographical Imagination: Towards an Anarchist Political Geography
6. Epilogue
Notes
Index
2. Peter Kropotkin: The Education of an Anarchist
3. Peter Kropotkin and the Legitimization of Anarchism
4. 'Scientific Anarchism’ and Evolutionary Theory: Towards an Ontology of Anarchist Ethics and Altruism
5. Kropotkin’s Anarchism and the Nineteenth-Century Geographical Imagination: Towards an Anarchist Political Geography
6. Epilogue
Notes
Index
Recenzii
“Few know more about Kropotkin’s work than Jim MacLaughlin, and I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a lively introduction to the man's writing and its implications. Weaving Kropotkin’s specific contributions into the overall history of political anarchism and its major claims, MacLaughlin convincingly shows how the world today still needs the mutualism that the old Russian championed.”
“A deeply intellectual, yet readable account of Kroptkin’s life and thought, set in the context of a stellar account of the development of scientific anarchism. Essential for all critical thinkers and political activists desperately in need of a dose of optimism in these sorry times.”
"What distinguishes Mac Laughlin’s book is its singular focus on reconstructing and historically situating Kropotkin’s scientific anarchism. Through his discussion of Kropotkin’s anarchist ideas, Mac Laughlin aims to refute common caricatures of anarchism and demonstrate anarchism’s theoretical sophistication."