Portrait of Peter Kropotkin

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Peter Kropotkin

A Russian geographer and political thinker whose anarchist writing connects economic organization, mutual aid and decentralized social life.

Life and context

A short timeline

  1. 1842

    Born in Russia.

  2. 1892

    The Conquest of Bread published.

  3. 1921

    End of the author’s recorded life.

Recurring concerns

Themes and style

  • cooperation
  • production
  • distribution
  • freedom

Urgent political argument combining examples, historical claims and direct appeals to readers.

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Works by Peter Kropotkin

1 work in the Linden collection.

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