Talk:Peter Kropotkin

Latest comment: 1 year ago by Florian Blaschke in topic Marxim-Leninism

Marxim-Leninism edit

Here's the exact quote from the source:

The anarchist Peter Kropotkin (1842–1921), following Mikhail Bakunin (1814–76), the arch opponent of Marx in the First International, considered Marxism, and its Leninist variant in particular, a centralizing authoritarian ideology. In Communism and Anarchy, Kropotkin argued that State communism was a contradiction in terms as: “... without freedom the whole structure of co-operation would collapse” (Kropotkin cited in Morgan, 2003: 129)

(attn @Peaceray) -- asilvering (talk) 05:44, 6 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

This is misleading. Communism and Anarchy was written in 1901, so it could not react to Marxism–Leninism directly. His attitude after the October Revolution (source) was more complex and pragmatic: While he re-affirmed his principles, he expressed support of the Revolution, and great respect for Lenin. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 21:02, 26 December 2022 (UTC)Reply