The Conquest of Bread - Couverture souple

Kropotkin, Peter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 160520661X ISBN 13 : 9781605206615

Editeur : Cosimo Classics, 2009

Synopsis

Oscar Wilde deemed his life "perfect," and described him as a man with "a soul of that beautiful white Christ which seems coming out of Russia." He is PETER ALEXEYEVICH KROPOTKIN (1842-1921), communist advocate and "anarchist prince." Here, in this anarchist manifesto, he examines the flaws of capitalism and the dichotomy of poverty and privilege they foster, and posits a new economic path for humanity that encourages our natural desire for cooperation without ignoring our needs, both of the most basic variety-for food and shelter-and those more lofty, such as for art, literature, and meaningful work. Originally written in French as a series of essays for anarchist magazines, this extraordinary work was called by its New York publisher in 1926 a "revolutionary idyl, a beautiful outline sketch of a future society based on liberty, equality, and fraternity." And indeed it remains so a century later, particularly as the bitter fruits of unregulated capitalism begin to rot on the stem. Students of economic and political movements, even as they endure today, will find Kropotkin's an absorbing philosophy.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Ti OuFOR eiOLOCICAL RESEARCH PREFACE One of the current objections to Communism, and Socialism altogether, is that the idea is so old, and yet it could never be realized. Schemes of ideal States haunted the thinkers of Ancient Greece; later on, the early Christians joined in communist groups; centuries later, large communist brotherhoods came into existence during the Reform movement. Then, the same ideals were revived during the great English and French Revolutions; and finally, quite lately, in 1848, a revolution, inspired to a great extent with Socialist ideals, took place in France. And yet, you see, we are told, how far away is still the realization of your schemes. Don tyou think that there is some fundamental error in your understanding of human nature and its needs? At first sight this objection seems very serious. However, the moment we consider human history more attentively, it loses its strength.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cosimo Classics
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 160520661X
• ISBN 13: 9781605206615
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 230
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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