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Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution is a 1902 collection of anthropological essays by Russian naturalist and anarchist philosopher Peter Kropotkin. The essays, initially published in the English periodical The Nineteenth Century between 1890 and 1896, explore the role of mutually-beneficial cooperation and reciprocity (or "mutual aid") in the animal kingdom and human societies both past and present. It is an argument against theories of social Darwinism that emphasize competition and survival of the fittest, and against the romantic depictions by writers such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who…
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104 editions · 9 languages- Paperback · English · 2016El Apoyo MutuoCreatespace Independent Publishing Platform · 168 pages · 9781530556946
- Paperback · English · 2014CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 192 pages · 9781497333734
- Paperback · English · 2012Mutual Aid a Factor of EvolutionSMK Books · 178 pages · 9781617207235
- Paperback · English · 2012Mutual Aid; a factor of evolutionCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 136 pages · 9781475035032
- Paperback · English · 2011CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 324 pages · 9781468023176
- Paperback · English · 2009Freedom Press · 304 pages · 9781904491101
Social institutionsCooperationSocial groupsSociologyCommon goodConsensus (Social sciences)MutualismSociologie
