Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution

Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution is a book by Peter Kropotkin on the subject of mutual aid, written while he was living in exile in England. It was first published by William Heinemann in London in October 1902. The individual chapters had originally been published in 1890-96 as a series of essays in the British monthly literary magazine, Nineteenth Century.

Written partly in response to Social Darwinism and in particular to Thomas H. Huxley's Nineteenth Century essay, "The Struggle for Existence," Kropotkin's book drew on his experiences in scientific expeditions in Siberia to illustrate the phenomenon of cooperation. After examining the evidence of cooperation in nonhuman animals, "savages," "barbarians," in medieval cities, and in modern times, he concludes that cooperation and mutual aid are as important in the evolution of the species as competition and mutual strife, if not more so. (Summary by Wikipedia) (9 hr 28 min)

Chapters

Introduction	23:47	Read by Enko
Mutual aid among animals	58:20	Read by Enko
Mutual aid among animals (continued) Chapter 2, Part 1	41:01	Read by Enko
Mutual aid among animals (continued) Chapter 2, Part 2	40:13	Read by Enko
Mutual aid among savages Chapter 3, Part 1	37:01	Read by Enko
Mutual aid among savages Chapter 3, Part 2	37:49	Read by Enko
Mutual aid among the barbarians	1:07:48	Read by Enko
Mutual aid in the mediaeval city	1:02:13	Read by Enko
Mutual aid in the mediaeval city (continued)	1:03:12	Read by Enko
Mutual aid amongst ourselves	1:09:53	Read by Enko
Mutual aid amongst ourselves (continued)	54:15	Read by Enko
Conclusion	12:44	Read by Enko

Reviews

terrible accent and syncopation

(0.5 stars)

Shawn C

almost impossible to follow, and I'm pretty good at listening to heavy accents. it's not just the accent, it's the terrible syncopation.

Mutual aid

(5 stars)

enko

This audiobook was made from the text of Project Gutenberg at: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4341

Good Job Enko

(4 stars)

Purifier

I wish Enko had a better mic. Despite this he is still able to reach the listener. The scientific basis of the first few chapters is inaccurate in my opinion. For example ants share a lot of the same DNA so it shouldn't be surprising that they are eager to assist each other.

monotone

(1.5 stars)

Valkyrie

the readers diction is monotone and badly timed. The accent and bad mic quality are extra distraction on top of this.

(1 stars)

A LibriVox Listener

Very difficult to understand reader due to poor quality and thick accent of reader .