LoginThe Conquest of Bread (Dover Books on History, Political and Social Science)
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Born a Russian prince, Peter Kropotkin (1842–1921) rejected his title and wealth to spend his life in pursuit of social justice and equality. His last major work, The Conquest of Bread, surveys economic methods for the satisfaction of human needs. The 1892 treatise also outlines the revolutionary path to his vision of utopia: an anarchist communist society.
Kropotkin criticizes the effects of feudalism and capitalism, noting that both systems exacerbate poverty and promote privilege, even in times of abundance. Citing the human propensity toward voluntary cooperation, he proposes the establishment of free, self-sufficient ana
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Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Release date: 20 October 2011
ISBN-10 : 0486478505 | ISBN-13: 9780486478500
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Darth Brutus rated this 6/10 3 years, 6 months ago
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Book Diary 2021 (96 books items)"14.10. A classic of anarcho-communism. It's mostly just rhetorical stuff with zero mathematics or deeper scientific thought, mostly the man depicts what his version of the thing would turn out to be and how. As boring and outdated as it is, there's actually some very valid points here and there, like that when people find out after the upcoming revolution that their standard of living isn't going to be the same there's going to be a counterrevolutionary movement and the whole thing will fall fl"
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