Politics & Government · Political Theory
A topic within Political Theory, itself one of 14 topics in that field and part of Politics & Government.
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Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution
Pyotr Kropotkin · 1902
Cooperation, not competition, is the dominant factor in evolution and in human society, which undercuts the case for coercive states built on the…
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What is Property?
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon · 1840
Property is theft in the specific sense that it lets an owner claim a return from mere possession, extracting value that only labour created, which…
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God and the State
Mikhail Bakunin · 1882
The idea of God and the authority of the state make the same demand twice over, submission to a power outside the individual, so a consistent atheism…
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Pyotr Kropotkin
Cooperation, not competition, is the dominant factor in evolution and in human society, which undercuts the case for coercive states built on the premise that people must be forced to cooperate.
about 6.5 hours to readlink checked 17 Sept 2026Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Property is theft in the specific sense that it lets an owner claim a return from mere possession, extracting value that only labour created, which makes property as currently defined incompatible with liberty and equality together.
about 10 hours to readlink checked 17 Sept 2026Mikhail Bakunin
The idea of God and the authority of the state make the same demand twice over, submission to a power outside the individual, so a consistent atheism requires rejecting state authority as much as divine authority.
about 2 hours to readlink checked 17 Sept 2026