Mutual assistance among animals and people as an engine of progress. Kropotkin P.A.

The book proposed to readers, written by an outstanding domestic philosopher and public figure, theoretician of anarchism by P. A. Kropotkin, is one of his most famous works, along with such books as “Speech of the rebel” and “Bread and will”. This book was (and is still) one of the most important works, from the scientific positions proving the viability of the program of socio-economic transformations proposed by the anarcho-communists. The world of animals), and from their historical research, as well as modern public life. At the same time, he wrote about mutual assistance as a phenomenon that does not deny competitive relations. Nowadays, you can often hear the conclusions of scientists, close theories of P. A. Kropotkin, which emphasizes the relevance of this work and now, at the beginning of the 21st century.

This publication has been carried out from the most complete option of work, including the applications and preface author; This was the latest edition that P. A. Kropotkin prepared for the publication with all the necessary editors.

The book is addressed to philosophers, historians, social scholars, as well as all readers interested in the heritage of Russian and world socialist thought. < /p>