Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2003-08-01 Public domain in the USA. 287 Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich, kniaz 1842 1921 Кропоткин, Пётр Алексеевич Kropotkin, P. A. Kropotkin, Peter Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution Produced by Charles Aldarondo "Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution" by P. Kropotkin is a scientific publication written in the late 19th to early 20th century. In this work, Kropotkin challenges the prevailing Darwinian notion of the "struggle for existence" as the primary factor driving evolution, instead proposing that mutual aid and cooperation among species play a more crucial role in survival and evolution. The opening of the book presents Kropotkin's observations during his travels in Eastern Siberia and Northern Manchuria, where he noted the harsh conditions of nature and the consequent scarcity of animal life. He contrasts this with the numerous instances of cooperation and mutual aid among species, which he believes are essential for survival in the face of dire environmental challenges. Kropotkin sets the stage for further discussions on various species of animals—pointing out how they work together for mutual benefit, thereby laying a foundation for his thesis that cooperation, rather than competition, is a fundamental law of nature and a significant factor in the evolutionary process. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Cooperation Social groups Social institutions HM Text Anarchism Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Politics Browsing: Sociology 619961 619898 2024-10-02T12:09:58.284882 2023-10-02T10:26:23.587118 text/html text/html 619954 619891 2024-10-02T12:09:58.566736 2023-10-02T10:26:23.776091 text/html text/html 316190 2024-10-02T12:10:07.687652 application/epub+zip 324541 2024-10-02T12:10:02.113660 application/epub+zip 302073 2024-10-02T12:10:00.818704 application/epub+zip 569182 2024-10-02T12:10:12.330648 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 544035 2024-10-02T12:10:06.887644 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 481620 2022-09-02T14:12:10.095852 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 597054 597042 2024-10-02T12:09:57.856699 2023-10-02T10:26:23.287107 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 596910 2014-11-15T08:18:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 225519 2014-11-15T08:18:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 596875 2011-06-14T14:11:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 225461 2011-06-14T14:11:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21574 2024-10-02T12:10:12.470610 application/rdf+xml 15954 2024-10-02T12:10:01.361681 image/jpeg 3901 2024-10-02T12:10:01.085678 image/jpeg 316340 2024-10-02T12:09:58.618688 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia