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The Making of Kropotkin's Anarchist Thought

Disease, Degeneration, Health and the Bio-political Dimension

Richard Morgan

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English
Routledge
29 April 2022
This book argues that the Russian thinker Petr Kropotkin’s anarchism was a bio-political revolutionary project. It shows how Kropotkin drew on late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century European and Russian bio-social-medical scientific thought to the extent that ideas about health, sickness, insanity, degeneration, and hygiene were for him not metaphors but rather key political concerns. It goes on to discuss how for Kropotkin's bio-political anarchism, the state, capitalism, and revolution were medical concerns whose effects on the individual and society were measurable by social statistics and explainable by bio-social-medical knowledge. Overall, the book provides a refreshing, innovative approach to understanding Kropotkin’s anarchism.
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Imprint:   Routledge
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 156mm, 
Weight:   231g
ISBN:   9780367563127
ISBN 10:   0367563126
Series:   BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies
Pages:   154
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Richard Morgan completed his doctorate at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London.

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