Peter Kropotkin Philosopher

Prince Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin (/kroʊˈpɒtkɪn, krə-/; Russian: Пётр Алексе́евич Кропо́ткин; December 9, 1842 – February 8, 1921) was a Russian geographer, economist, activist, philologist, zoologist, evolutionary theorist, philosopher, writer and prominent anarchist.Kropotkin advocated a communist society free from central government and based on voluntary associations between workers. He wrote many books, pamphlets and articles, the most prominent being The Conquest of Bread and Fields, Factories and Workshops, and his principal scientific offering, Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution. He also contributed the article on anarchism to the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition.

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Alias (AKA)	Kropotkin Pyotr; Kropotkin Pëtr
Birth date	December 09, 1842
Birth place	Moscow , Russia , Russian Empire
Date of death	February 08, 1921
Place of death	Russia , Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , Dmitrov
Era	19th-century philosophy
Main interest	Authority

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influenced	Alexander Berkman
influenced by	Karl Marx
notable idea	Anarchist communism
philosophical school	Anarchist communism
region	List of Russian philosophers