Mutual Aid
by Peter Kropotkin
Taste attributes: documentaryhistoricalslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticintricatelinearglossyemotive & stirringunlikely connectionssocial commentary
Boxlist takeA grounded, original non-fiction book: unhurried and weighty. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.3 / 5
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About This Book
Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution is a 1902 collection of anthropological essays by Russian naturalist and anarchist philosopher Peter Kropotkin. The essays, initially published in the English periodical The Nineteenth Century between 1890 and 1896, explore the role of mutually-beneficial cooperation and reciprocity (or "mutual aid") in the animal kingdom and human societies both past and present.
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- Peter Kropotkin
- Published
- 1890
- Pages
- 294
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