{"product_id":"peter-kropotkin-george-woodcock-9780921689607","title":"Peter Kropotkin: From Prince to Rebel","description":"Anarchism - the concept of a society without authority, of a civil order without any form of constitution or government - has fascinated people almost as long as we have possessed the power of speculative thought. In the general history of anarchism, the name of Peter Kropotkin dominates. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Born in 1842 into an ancient military family of Russian princes, Kropotkin was selected as a child for the elite Corps of Pages by Tsar Nicholas I himself. Shortly before his death in 1921, he had moved so far from his aristocratic beginnings and attained such stature as a libertarian leader that he could write with impunity to Lenin, \"Vladimir Ilyich, your concrete actions are completely unworthy of the ideas you pretend to hold.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Woodcock and Avakumovic's biography, From Prince to Rebel, details the life that flowed between these two points in time. It surveys and analyses the most significant aspects of Kropotkin's life and thought: his formative years in Russia, 1842-1876, and the origins of his anarchist thinking (military service in eastern Siberia, the influence of the works of Proudhon and Bakunin, his role in the Chaikovsky Circle); his years as an  migr  in western Europe, 1876-1917, and the ripening of his political though (editor of Le R volt , his views on Marxist socialism); and his last years in the Soviet Union, 1917-1921, the revolution and civil war, and his meeting and correspondence with Lenin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Among the recent works of George Woodcock, a well-known Canadian author, are biographies of William Godwin and Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (Black Rose Books). Ivan Avakumovic is Professor of History at the University of British Colombia and the author of History of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Table of Contents \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Introduction \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 1. The Youth \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 2. The Explorer \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 3. The Convert \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 4. The Agitator \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 5. \"The White Jesus\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 6. The Traveller \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 7. The Writer \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 8. The Exile \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 9. The Neglected Sage \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 10. The Prophet \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bibliography \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Supplement for 1971 Edition \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Supplement to the 1990 Edition \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Index \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1990: 490 pages, index, illustrated\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Woodcock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0921689608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780921689607\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Rose Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 490\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.07d","brand":"George Woodcock","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44063494570239,"sku":"9780921689607","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_99369152-841d-485c-8d6b-bc126a32a9e0.jpg?v=1685389890","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/peter-kropotkin-george-woodcock-9780921689607","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}