{"product_id":"mutual-aid-isbn-9780241355336","title":"Mutual Aid","description":"\u003cb\u003eA pioneering treatise on embracing cooperation and reciprocity to usher in a greener and more inclusive world, from the major anarchist thinker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Penguin Classic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWelcome to the anarchist history of the world. In this lively, provocative work, Peter Kropotkin argues that \"mutual aid\" is a natural instinct in all of us, animal and human. Cooperation, reciprocity, support: these, for Kropotkin, are the overlooked foundations of our history. From the earliest days of evolution through to artisanal guilds, indigenous nomads, and even the Royal National Lifeboat Association, it is a pragmatic, mutually beneficial bond to our fellow humans that has allowed us to survive. In this, Kropotkin challenges all the major orthodoxies of his age, from individualism and social Darwinism to Marxist theories of the savior state. Instead, these essays insist that a better life for all of us--and our planet--begins when we reject competition, and embrace the local, the mutual, and the collective.\u003cb\u003ePeter Kropotkin\u003c\/b\u003e (1842-1921) came from a major aristocratic Russian family but turned his back on it to embrace a life of imprisonment and exile in pursuit of his beliefs. His major works are \u003ci\u003eThe Conquest of Bread\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMutual Aid\u003c\/i\u003e. His funeral was marked by the last permitted gathering of anarchists in the USSR.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Priestland (introducer)\u003c\/b\u003e is a British historian. He teaches modern history at the University of Oxford and is Fellow of St Edmund Hall. Priestland's research focuses on the history of the Soviet Union and the development of communism and neoliberalism. He is an occasional political and cultural commentator for \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302159503589,"sku":"NP9780241355336","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780241355336.jpg?v=1767733206","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/mutual-aid-isbn-9780241355336","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}