PETER KROPOTKIN Flashcards
What was kropotkins key work
Mutual Aid (1902)
What did kropotkin attempt to do with his key work
Provide a scientific base for anarchist theory
Kropotkin aimed to give a philosophical basis to anarchism through what
His study of the natural world
What do kropotkin argue in “Mutual Aid”
The main view of nature, based like capitalism on competition between individuals, was not accurate
Kropotkin believed that the struggle for survival is best achieved by what
Mutual aid among the members of a species, so this is the best route for individuals to take
kropotkin applied mutual aid to humanity to show what
Mutual aid is crucial both for humanity’s survival and for its ongoing future
What did kropotkin believe society is
Natural and voluntary cooperation is natural - but the state is unnatural
Kropotkin the removal of what will allow natural society to flourish
The removal of coercive institutions
What did kropotkins base anarcho-communism on in terms of private property
To be replaced by common ownership
What did kropotkins base anarcho-communism on in terms of free communism
The commune is a voluntary organisation where people freely share the products of their labour and common resources with others for their best interest
What did kropotkins base anarcho-communism on in terms of federations
Believed in a free federation of communes that work together in the spirit of mutual aid and solidarity
What did kropotkins base anarcho-communism on in terms of communes
Communes are based on mass participation by their members to build new societies around the ideas of liberty, equality and solidarity
Kropotkin’s view of human nature
People are sociable and prefer cooperation
kropotkin’s view of the state
The capitalist state must be destroyed by revolution and replaced by a voluntary system of self-governing communities
kropotkin’s view of society
The commune should be the basis of society. Communes were small to be independent and internally democratic units
