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Autobiography of this Russian geologist/geographer by training, social revolutionist by action. Born in 1842 in Moscow; experiencing the death of his mother at the age of 3 1/2 from consumption. Self described as a revolutionist, "seldom have there been revolutionists as humane and as mild as he is."Kropotkin explored Siberia and Manchuria. ... Read more

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Brilliant!
This work by Peter Kropotkin's is, I say this without reservations, a work of genius and an amazing reflection on the life of an amazing man.Kropotkin's stories of his childhood and his relations with his servants and other lower-calss individuals (he was born a prince) are very interesting, as are his tales of exploration.His version of anarcho-socialism is very intriguing, largely because he bears no hate or grudge towards anyone and he is a very gentle man.In his book, it becomes clear (without him saying it, of course) that he did not recognize just how unique of a man he was.This book is filled with marvelous anecdotes, from cutting political commentary to fascinating stories of journeys down the Amur River to a splendid little collection of stupid Russian Spy stories.This book is fantastic.

A little more background
Prince Piotr Alekseyevich Kropotkin, 1842-1921, was a Russian geographer and anarchist. He came from a wealthy princely family and as a boy was a page to the czar. Repelled by court life, he obtained permission to serve as an army officer in Siberia, where his explorations and scientific observations established his reputation as a geographer. After returning to European Russia, he became an adherent of the Bakuninist faction of the narodniki and engaged in clandestine propaganda activities until arrested in 1874. Two years later he escaped to Western Europe, where he worked with various anarchist groups until his imprisonment in France (1883). Pardoned in 1886, partly as the result of the popular clamor for his release, he moved to England and spent the next 30 years mainly as a scholar and writer developing a coherent anarchist theory. In his most famous book, Mutual Aid (1902), he attacked T. H. Huxley and the Social Darwinists for their picture of nature and human society as essentially competitive. He insisted that cooperation and mutual aid were the norms in both the natural and social worlds. From this perspective he developed a theory of social organizationin Fields, Factories and Workshops (1898) and elsewherethat was based upon communes of producers linked with each other through common custom and free contract. Returning to Russia following the February Revolution of 1917, he attempted to engender support for a continued Russian effort in World War I and to combat the rising influence of Bolshevism. Following the Bolshevik triumph in the October Revolution (1917), he retired from active politics. Consistently nonviolent in his anarchist beliefs, Kropotkin,as both thinker and man, was admired and acclaimed by many far removed from anarchist circles.

History will prove this man more foresighted than we know!
This intelligent and kind man all too often falls through the cracks of history.People forget that there was a completely different school of socialist thought that existed concurrently with the ideas of Marx. Kropotkin, like many others who believed in the ability of people to maketheir own economic relations, had the distinction of being persecuted bypeople on both sides of the political spectrum.Yet his book is remarkablefor its lack of self-pity or resentment.The book is dense and full of themusings of a highly educated man of the late 19th century who indulged manyother interests besides politics. His journey is remarkable, and we canonly hope that he will become better known. ... Read more

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This major study of Peter Kropotkin sets him firmly in the context of the development of the European anarchist movement as the man who became, after Bakunin's death, their chief exponent of anarchist ideas. It traces the origins and development of his ideas and revolutionary practice from 1872 to 1886, and assesses the subsequent influence of his life and work upon European radical and socialist movements. Dr Cahm analyses Kropotkin's role in the transformation of Bakunin's anti-authoritarian socialism, and shows how two principal types of revolutionary action emerge from anarchist efforts to develop clear alternatives to the parliamentary strategies of social democrats; one based on the activity of individuals and small groups, the other related to large-scale collective action. ... Read more

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The final part of Waking the Warrior Goddess presents Dr. Christine Horner's Thirty-Step Program for reclaiming health and defeating breast cancer. It is a guideline that could sere many other health-promoting purposes, too. The Thirty-step Program focuses on those nutrients and activities that ring health, vitality, and longevity to women. In addition, this book includes an extensive resources section for obtaining the particular nutrients and products that or bodies need to become and stay strong and healthy.

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