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Name: Peter Alekseevich Kropotkin
Birth Date: December 12, 1842
Death Date: February 8, 1921
Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia
Nationality: Russian
Gender: Male
Occupations: prince

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Biography of Peter Alekseevich Kropotkin
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Peter Alekseevich Kropotkin (1842-1921), Russian prince, was both a scientist and an anarchist. He combined biological and historical fact to derive a theory of "mutual aid" to support his belief in the superiority of an anarchist society. Peter...
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Biography of Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin
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Known mainly in politics as a revolutionist, in philosophy as an anarchist, and in science as a geographer and geologist, Kropotkin nevertheless made important theoretical contributions to genetics, primarily through his attacks on Charles Darwin...
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Biography of Peter (Aleksieevich) Kropotkin
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Petr Kropotkin is chiefly remembered today as one of the great advocates of anarchism. For those who reject the state and look forward to the creation of a human society without a central, coercive government, Kropotkin's influence has been immense....


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The history of human thought recalls the swinging of a pendulum which takes centuries to swing. After a long period of slumber comes a moment of awakening. Prince Peter Alexeievich Kropotkin (Пётр Алексе́евич Кропо́ткин) (...


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Kropotkin, Pëtr Alekseevich (1842–1921) Summary
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Kropotkin, P 1886. Cambridge, U.K., and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Marshall, Peter. Demanding the Impossible: A History of Anarchism. London: HarperCollins, 1992. Morland, David. Demanding the Impossible? Human Nature and Politics in...
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Peter Kropotkin Summary
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1842-1921 Russian geographer best known for his anarchist political theory, but also as a student of biology. Because of his political views, he spent much of his adult life in exile, mostly in England. He was an advocate of biological evolution, but...
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Peter Kropotkin Information
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Prince Peter (Pyotr) Alexeyevich Kropotkin (Russian: Пётр Алексе́евич Кропо́ткин) (December 21, 1842–February 8, 1921) was one of Russia's foremost anarchists and one of the first advocates of anarchist communism: the...


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Danvers, Dennis. The Watch: Being the Unauthorized Sequel to Peter A. Kropotkin's Memoirs off Revolutionist--As Imparted to Dennis Danvers by Anchee Mahur, Traveler from a Distant Future, or, a Science Fiction Novel. (book review)
06/01/2002: 322 words, approx. 1 pages
353p. HarperCollins/Eos. 2002. Tr $24.95. ISBN 0-380-97762-1. LC number unavailable. Adult/High School -- This is a novel of ideas, but it is also one of great heart and fabulous personality. As the elderly philosopher Peter Kropotkin lies dying in 1921 Russia, Anchee...
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The Watch: Being the Unauthorized Sequel to Peter A. Kropotkin's Memoirs of a Revolutionist. (SF/Fantasy/Horror). (book review)
12/24/2001: 298 words, approx. 1 pages
DENNIS DANVERS. Eos, $24.95 (368p) ISBN 0-380-97762-1 * A philosophical inquiry with a basic moral point, this literate time-travel tale also thoroughly entertains. In 1921, the ailing, 78-year-old Russian anarchist Peter Kropotkin is visited by an "angel," Anchee Mahur, who offers him...
 


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