Making of Kropotkin's Anarchist Thought: Disease, Degeneration, Health and the Bio-political Dimension

This book explores how the Russian thinker Petr Kropotkin's anarchism was a bio-political revolutionary project that drew on bio-social-medical scientific thought to address health, sickness, insanity, degeneration, and hygiene as key political concerns. It argues that the state, capitalism, and revolution were medical concerns measurable by social statistics and explainable by bio-social-medical knowledge.

Format: Hardback
Length: 146 pages
Publication date: 09 October 2020
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book makes a compelling argument that the Russian philosopher Petr Kropotkin's anarchism was a revolutionary project rooted in bio-political considerations. It demonstrates how Kropotkin extensively drew upon the bio-social-medical scientific thought of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Europe and Russia, viewing ideas related to health, sickness, insanity, degeneration, and hygiene as fundamental political concerns rather than mere metaphors. The book then delves into how Kropotkin's bio-political anarchism viewed the state, capitalism, and revolution as medical issues whose impacts on individuals and society could be quantified through social statistics and understood through bio-social-medical knowledge. By adopting a refreshing and innovative approach, the book offers a profound understanding of Kropotkin's anarchism, shedding light on its intricate and thought-provoking ideas.

This book makes a compelling argument that the Russian philosopher Petr Kropotkin's anarchism was a revolutionary project rooted in bio-political considerations. It demonstrates how Kropotkin extensively drew upon the bio-social-medical scientific thought of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Europe and Russia, viewing ideas related to health, sickness, insanity, degeneration, and hygiene as fundamental political concerns rather than mere metaphors. The book then delves into how Kropotkin's bio-political anarchism viewed the state, capitalism, and revolution as medical issues whose impacts on individuals and society could be quantified through social statistics and understood through bio-social-medical knowledge. By adopting a refreshing and innovative approach, the book offers a profound understanding of Kropotkin's anarchism, shedding light on its intricate and thought-provoking ideas.

Weight: 380g
Dimension: 162 x 241 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781138365650