The Conquest Of Bread

Paperback, 296 páginas

Idioma English

Publicado el 16 de enero de 2007 por Kessinger Publishing, LLC.

ISBN:
978-1-4304-8932-0
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Número OCLC:
156805432

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Peter Kropotkin's "The Conquest of Bread", along with his "Fields Factories and Workshops" was the result of his extensive research into industrial and agricultural production; originally published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and and London, 1906

Whereas Marx's main contribution to economics was his analysis of the commodity relationship in Capital - capitalism rather than communism - Kropotkin assesses what would need to be done, and most importantly how, in a communist society.

Now, almost 100 years later, technology and society has changed enormously, but the practical consideration Kropotkin gives to the question of production and distribution in a revolutionary society has taken on a new importance in the context of our globalised, interdependent, and resource intensive economic system.

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"Lo primero, ¿cómo están los máquinas?"... pero con seres humanos

Este clásico de la teoría política del comunismo libertario transmite la siguiente idea principal: la propiedad privada es una herramienta de la clase burguesa para mantener la desigualdad; es un robo desde el momento en el que el esfuerzo común e intergeneracional se copta para el su privado. Las tierras comunales, con los árboles podados especialmente para que todos puedan obtener varas, las tierras húmedas desecadas, la tierras roturadas, el conocimiento, la mejora de la productividad agrícola, etc. Todo ellos se produce de forma intergeneracional y colectiva. Privatizarlo es un espolio.

Si logramos producir los suficiente para todos ¿Por qué seguir distribuyendo las riquezas por todos de forma privativa? Es un sinsentido. Pero, ¿podemos determinar cómo contribuye exactamente cada persona a la producción para, en función de ello, otorgar un salario “justo” o es demasiado complejo? La naturaleza colectiva de la producción hace imposible un cálculo que obedezca a …

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Required reading for anyone exchanging labor for wages.

I found the book quite sharp and still thought-provoking for something written a century ago. Its message is relevant as ever, as we're plunged into the dystopia of corporatism and decay by those at the top exploiting the labor force. It is radical and revolutionary and I would heartily recommend it for anyone interested in the actual meaning and nature of work and its dynamics and how societies organize and form around both labor and culture.

Classic imagining of a future that sorta came true?

First published in 1906, a lot of the things Kropotkin imagined (soon we will all have electricity! And food delivery!) actually came to pass, and a lot of the social issues (child labor) have been mitigated, in the west. Many of his suggestions / predictions did not come to pass (we still have money). Very interesting to review what the pressing issues of his day, and feel some degree of hope that although we have our own problems, we have less cases of 8 year olds out-competing their parents in the workplace.

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  • General
  • Political Science
  • Politics/International Relations