The Conquest of Bread
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Conquest of Bread
By (Author) Peter Kropotkin
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
26th August 2015
25th June 2015
United Kingdom
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Political science and theory
History of ideas
335.83
Physical Properties
Paperback
256
Width 128mm, Height 196mm, Spine 22mm
200g
Description
A major addition to Penguin Classics - one of the great anarchist texts 'Well-being for all is not a dream.' In this brilliantly enjoyable, challenging rallying-cry of a book, Kropotkin lays out the heart of his anarchist beliefs - beliefs which surged around the world in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and which have a renewed relevance and poignancy today. Humane, thoughtful - but also a devastating critique of how modern society is organized (with the brutal, narrow few clinging onto their wealth and privileges at the expense of the many), The Conquest of Bread is a book to be argued over, again and again.
Author Bio
Peter Kropotkin (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 The Conquest of Bread and Mutual Aid. His funeral was marked by the last permitted gathering of anarchists in the USSR.
