Kropotkin: Reviewing the Classical Anarchist Tradition
- ISBN-10
- 1474410413
- ISBN-13
- 9781474410410
- Series
- Kropotkin
- Category
- Philosophy
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-01-18
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Author
- Kinna Ruth Kinna
Description
This book provides a re-assessment of Kropotkin's political thought and suggests that the 'classical' tradition which has provided a lens for the discussion of his work has had a distorting effect on the interpretation of his ideas. By setting the analysis of his thought in a number of key historical contexts, Ruth Kinna reveals the enduring significance of his political thought and questions the usefulness of those approaches to the history of ideas that map historical changes to philosophical and theoretical shifts. One of the key arguments of the book is that Kropotkin contributed to the elaboration of an anarchist ideology, which has been badly misunderstood and which today is too often dismissed as outdated. This sympathetic but critical analysis corrects some popular myths about Kropotkin's thought, highlights the important and unique contribution he made to the history of socialist ideas and sheds new light on the nature of anarchist ideology.
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- 2002-04-18
- 388 pages
- Paperback
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- 1995-08-10
- 263 pages
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