Anarchism and the Myth of the Primitive: Godwin and Kropotkin

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  • Samuel Clark Lancaster University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20919/sspt.26.2016.59

Abstract

First published in Studies in Social and Political Thought 15, 2008.

Author Biography

Samuel Clark, Lancaster University

Sam Clark is Lecturer in Philosophy in the Department of Politics, Philosophy, and Religion at Lancaster University. He developed the arguments in this paper in his book Living Without Domination (Ashgate 2007; paperback edition Routledge 2016). His more recent work is on the philosophies of autobiography, narrative, and self-realization.

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2017-05-09

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Clark, S. (2017) “Anarchism and the Myth of the Primitive: Godwin and Kropotkin”, Studies in Social and Political Thought, 260. doi: 10.20919/sspt.26.2016.59.

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