Prince Peter Kropotkin was a regular contributor to The Nineteenth Century, and his essays were widely reprinted. Here are three of his contributions to that journal.
Working Translations
Alexandre Ghé, “Open Letter to P. Kropotkin” (1916)
[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”][/one_third][two_third_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] Open Letter to P. Kropotkin ALEXANDRE GHÉ LAUSANNE 1916 Dear Master, After an entire series of public declarations in favor of the Triple and Quadruple Entente, […]
Anarchist Beginnings
Peter Kropotkin, “Anarchy: Its Philosophy and Ideal” (1896)
ANARCHY. ______ (Translated from the German by Harry Lyman Koopman.) ______ Ever reviled, accursed,-n’er understood, Thou art the grisly terror of our age. “Wreck of all order,” cry the multitude, “Art thou, and war and […]
Anarchist Beginnings
Peter Kropotkin, “On Order” (1881)
We are often reproached for accepting as a label this word anarchy, which frightens many people so much. “Your ideas are excellent”, we are told, “but you must admit that the name of your party […]