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Overview"Edited with an Introduction by George Woodcock The final volume of The Collected Works of Peter Kropotkin gathers the many unpublished articles and essays written during his life-long and mostly ignored scientific career. His vision foresaw the more inter-relative and co-operative world that has become evident to us today in the 20th century. Kropotkin the geographer had a social and political concern that transformed his interest in science into a larger ecological concern that outstripped the understanding of his contemporaries. He upheld the instinct of individuals to support one another, and acknowledged environmental influences on mutation and evolution. Whereas arguments at the time based all change on the drive for survival, Kropotkin's insight - now acknowledged by ecologists - insisted on the selective pressure of the environment and the importance of habitat. Divided into two sections, ""Modern Science and Anarchism"" and ""Thoughts On Evolution"", this volume illustrates the conjunction of science and anarchism in Kropotkin's life. The essays look to a wider of the world as environment together with human influence, rather than the strict Hegelian dialectical determinism of humanistically-influenced early Marxism. George Woodcock (1912-1995) has published more than 140 titles on history, biography, philosophy, poetry and literary criticism. He has been called ""a gentle anarchist in a state of grace"". Here, his introductions and prefaces help the reader appreciate Kropotkin's revolutionary insights and put the articles in their historical context, scientifically and politically. Table of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Modern Science and Anarchism Preface by George Woodcock 1. The Origin of Anarchism II. The Intellectual Movement of the Eighteenth Century III. The Reaction at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century IV. Comtes Positive Philosophy V. The Awakening in the Years 1856-1862 VI. Herbert Spencer's Synthetic Philosophy VII. The Function of Law in Society VIII. Place of Anarchism in Modern Society IX. The Anarchist Ideal and the Preceding Revolutions X. Anarchism XI. A Few Conclusions of Anarchism XII. The Means of Action XIII. Conclusion 1995: 262 pages" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin , George Woodcock , George WoodcockPublisher: Black Rose Books Imprint: Black Rose Books Dimensions: Width: 14.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.295kg ISBN: 9781895431452ISBN 10: 189543145 Pages: 255 Publication Date: June 1995 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Undergraduate , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationGeorge Woodcock (1912-1995)--award-winning poet, author, essayist and widely known as a literary journalist and historian--published more than 90 titles on history, biography, philosophy, poetry and literary criticism. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |