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A review by cetian
Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution by Peter Kropotkin
5.0
If books change lives and make us who we are, then I owe this one a lot. The bottom line: "social darwinism is wrong and cooperating is what make us human".
Published original in 1891, it is still (maybe even more) polemic. Political optimism is now regarded as obscene. And it's always easier to believe that we do naturally prey on each other and come up with a general rule to explain it.
The problem is that there are many ideologies and ideas that promote behaviors where humans are supposed to fight each other.
This was also a great read, and after this I went on to The Conquest of Bread. Thank you Kropotkin for telling us how to get there.
Published original in 1891, it is still (maybe even more) polemic. Political optimism is now regarded as obscene. And it's always easier to believe that we do naturally prey on each other and come up with a general rule to explain it.
The problem is that there are many ideologies and ideas that promote behaviors where humans are supposed to fight each other.
This was also a great read, and after this I went on to The Conquest of Bread. Thank you Kropotkin for telling us how to get there.