About this episode

This episode discusses Peter Kropotkin's life after his return to Russia and the publication of his influential book on mutual aid.

After returning to Russia, Kropotkin was captured and imprisoned. But his life took many turns from there, and in 1902 he published his book book “Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution.”

Topics covered

• Mutual Aid
• Peter Kropotkin
• Evolution
• Russian history
• Imprisonment
• Philosophy

Keywords

• Kropotkin
• Mutual Aid
• evolution
• Russian history
• imprisonment
• philosophy
• 1902

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution

Places: Russia

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