What good is a revolution if the people who win the streets still have nothing to eat?

In The Conquest of Bread, Peter Kropotkin puts food, shelter and clothing at the heart of political change. He argues that a revolution must meet ordinary needs immediately or risk losing the people it promises to help. His starting claim is bold: humanity already produces enough wealth to give everyone a comfortable life.

From that claim, Kropotkin builds a passionate case for a society without rulers. He asks how people might share resources, organise work and feed cities through free agreement. He challenges wages, including wages set by workers, and tackles a stubborn question: if everyone has enough to live on, why would anyone work?

이 책에서 발견할 것들

• Bread before promises Explore why Kropotkin makes feeding people the first test of any revolution.
• Wealth built by everyone See houses, fields and machines as the shared work of generations.
• Cooperation without rulers Consider his argument that free agreement can keep everyday life running without government.
• Work worth doing Follow his response to fears of idleness and his case for pleasant work.
• Fields beside factories Explore how farms, greenhouses and a different division of labour shape his vision.

이런 분들이 좋아할 거예요

사회를 어떻게 구성할 수 있을지 큰 틀에서 논하는 걸 좋아하는 독자에게 어울리는 책이에요. 파리의 바리케이드에서 러시아의 마을까지 아우르는 역사를 즐기고, 구체적인 수치와 계획을 원하는 독자에게도 좋아요.