Ideologies / Anarcho-Communist / Peter Kropotkin
§ The minds · 1842–1921 · Russia · Theorist & geographer
Peter Kropotkin
Mutual aid
Cooperation, not the state, as nature's law.
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SocialistMarket
Governance−95
LibertarianAuthoritarian
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TraditionalProgressive
The Russian prince who renounced his title to become anarchism's great theorist, arguing that 'mutual aid' — cooperation — drives evolution and could organise a stateless communist society.
social
Progressive humanist; science and solidarity over hierarchy.
economic
Common ownership and voluntary distribution 'to each according to need.'
governance
Abolish the state; federate free communes from the bottom up.
Notable for
- 'The Conquest of Bread'
- 'Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution'
- Founded anarcho-communism
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