From Darwinian competition to Kropotkinian cooperation
Jouventin, Pierre
From Darwinian competition to Kropotkinian cooperation - 2022.
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After reading Malthus, Darwin became aware that the driving force of species evolution was natural selection. Many a theorist then instrumentalized that competition. Marx and Engels welcomed a natural explanation for “Creation”, while criticizing Darwin and “The Struggle for Life”. Kropotkin, also a Communist, proposed that mutual assistance was the second driving force of social evolution. Cooperation has now become fashionable, but the Left struggles with endorsing the genetics of behaviour.
From Darwinian competition to Kropotkinian cooperation - 2022.
36
After reading Malthus, Darwin became aware that the driving force of species evolution was natural selection. Many a theorist then instrumentalized that competition. Marx and Engels welcomed a natural explanation for “Creation”, while criticizing Darwin and “The Struggle for Life”. Kropotkin, also a Communist, proposed that mutual assistance was the second driving force of social evolution. Cooperation has now become fashionable, but the Left struggles with endorsing the genetics of behaviour.
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