The Conquest of BreadPetr Alekseevich, kniaz Kropotkin
The Conquest of Bread
Petr Alekseevich, kniaz Kropotkin
Essays
Book language: English
196 pages
The Conquest of Bread is a collection of essays by Peter Kropotkin, a classic of anarchist-communist thought. It outlines a society based on mutual aid, common ownership, and voluntary cooperation, asking how human needs might be met without state or private property. It is worth hearing for its influential arguments and vision of a more equal order.
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THE Conquest of Bread By PETER KROPOTKIN Author of "Fields, Factories, and Workshops" "The Memoirs of a Revolutionist," Etc. logo Nŧ΅ YLjǡƫ VANGUARD PRESS MCMXXVI PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
THE MAN (1842-1921):
Prince Peter Alexeivitch Kropotkin, revolutionary and scientist, was descended from the old Russian nobility, but decided, at the age of thirty, to throw in his lot with the social rebels not only of his own country, but of the entire world. He became the intellectual leader of
Anarchist-Communism; took part in the labor movement; wrote many books and pamphlets; established Le Révolté in Geneva and Freedom in
London; contributed to the Encyclopedia Britannica; was twice imprisoned because of his radical activities; and twice visited
America. After the Bolshevist revolution he returned to Russia, kept himself apart from Soviet activities, and died true to his ideals.
THE BOOK:
The Conquest of Bread is a revolutionary idyl, a beautiful outline sketch of a future society based on liberty, equality and fraternity. It is, in Kropotkin's own words, "a study of the needs of humanity, and of the economic means to satisfy them." Read in conjunction with the same author's "Fields, Factories and Workshops," it meets all the difficulties of the social inquirer who says: "The Anarchist ideal is alluring, but how could you work it out?"
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