The Conquest Of Bread - Wyrmsign.org

Paperback, 296 pages

English language

Published Jan. 16, 2007 by Kessinger Publishing, LLC.

ISBN:: 978-1-4304-8932-0
OCLC Number:: 156805432

(2 reviews)

Peter Kropotkin's "The Conquest of Bread", along with his "Fields Factories and Workshops" was the result of his extensive research into industrial and agricultural production; originally published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and and London, 1906

Whereas Marx's main contribution to economics was his analysis of the commodity relationship in Capital - capitalism rather than communism - Kropotkin assesses what would need to be done, and most importantly how, in a communist society.

Now, almost 100 years later, technology and society has changed enormously, but the practical consideration Kropotkin gives to the question of production and distribution in a revolutionary society has taken on a new importance in the context of our globalised, interdependent, and resource intensive economic system.

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Literally a Blue Cup reviewed The Conquest Of Bread by Peter Kropotkin

Classic imagining of a future that sorta came true?

5 stars

First published in 1906, a lot of the things Kropotkin imagined (soon we will all have electricity! And food delivery!) actually came to pass, and a lot of the social issues (child labor) have been mitigated, in the west. Many of his suggestions / predictions did not come to pass (we still have money). Very interesting to review what the pressing issues of his day, and feel some degree of hope that although we have our own problems, we have less cases of 8 year olds out-competing their parents in the workplace.

Cook@bookwyrm.social reviewed The Conquest Of Bread by Peter Kropotkin

Cook's review of "The Conquest of Bread"

4 stars

Basically the introduction to anarcho-communism. A relatively short and digestible read that presents many interesting ideas but be prepared to struggle your way through pages of calculations that aim to show you that an anarchist society is possible in the late 19th century.

Subjects

General
Political Science
Politics/International Relations