Exil

VERTER FUN A REVOLUTSYONER

1906 · réf. 43217 — London: "Arbayter fraynd 1906. First Yiddish edition. Period boards 8vo xiii 426 pages 19 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates as “Words from a Revolutionary.” Translation of “Paroles d'un re´volte´.” Includes translation of the forewords by the author and Elise´e Reclus. Includes bibliographical references. “During his long exile Kropotkin wrote a series of influential works the most important being ‘Paroles d’un révolté’ 1885; “Words of a Rebel”.Kropotkin’s aim as he often remarked was to provide anarchism with a scientific basis. In Mutual Aid which is widely regarded as his masterpiece he argued that despite the Darwinian concept of the survival of the fittest cooperation rather than conflict is the chief factor in the evolution of species. Providing abundant examples he showed that sociability is a dominant feature at every level of the animal world. Among humans too he found that mutual aid has been the rule rather than the exception. He traced the evolution of voluntary cooperation from the primitive tribe peasant village and medieval commune to a variety of modern associations—trade unions learned societies the Red Cross—that have continued to practice mutual support despite the rise of the coercive bureaucratic state. The trend of modern history he believed was pointing back toward decentralized nonpolitical cooperative societies in which people could develop their creative faculties without interference from rulers clerics or soldiers.” SUBJECTS: Anarchism. OCLC: 19303211. Ex-library with early 19th Century left-wing library markings see photos. Good- Condition YID-48-41-LXCCGG-’e. London: "Arbayter fraynd unknown