Mutual Aid - A Factor of Evolution

Klappentext In a work of stunning and well-reasoned scholarship, a famous anarchist posits that the most effective human and animal communities are essentially cooperative, rather than competitive. Essential to the understanding of human evolution as well as social organization, this book offers a powerful counterpoint to the tenets of Social Darwinism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the 1914 EditionIntroduction I.-II. Mutual Aid Among Animals III. Mutual Aid Among Savages IV. Mutual Aid Among the Barbarians V.-VI. Mutual Aid in the Mediæval City VII.-VIII. Mutual Aid Amongst OurselvesConclusionAppendix A I. Swarms of Butterflies, Dragon-flies, etc. II. The Ants III. Nesting Associations IV. Sociability of Animals V. Checks to Over-Multiplication VI. Adaptations to Avoid Competition VII. The Origin of the Family VIII. Destruction of Private Property on the Grave IX. The "Undivided Family" X. The Origin of the Guilds XI. The Market and the Mediæval City XII. Mutual-Aid Arrangements in the Villages of Netherlands at the Present DayAppendix B The Struggle for Existence in Human Society by Thomas H. HuxleyIndex

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Peter Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin
• Edition: Dover Publications Inc.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 07.04.2006
• EAN: 9780486449135
• ISBN: 978-0-486-44913-5
• Pages: 336
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 210 mm x 20 mm
• Thèmes: Dover Books on History, Political and Social Science; Dover Books on History, Political and Social Science; Dover Books on History, Politi
• Catégorie: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Sciences politiques et formation politique