Intressant på sina ställen, men den tar sin tid att komma igenom. Kropotkin själv lyser igenom, vilket ibland är underhållande (i exv medeltidsstaden där han mer eller mindre säger "jag är född i fel årtionde, allt är så fult nu, buhu") och andra gånger inte. Ganska ofta missade bokstäver i texten som irriterar, speciellt eftersom det är en seriös och populärvetenskaplig text. Väldigt intressant i början (om djuren), men det är ca 1/4 av boken.

Mutual Aid was already a must-read for anyone who wants to understand how life has persisted this far. Add the illustrations of NO Bonzo and an introduction by David Graeber and you have the perfect book. Read this, even if you've already read the original.

Two stars thanks to the remarkable examples of mutual aid in the animal kingdom. The rest was utter nonsense, a very one-sided reflection in which individual cases are generalized to prove wrong those who hold other beliefs. The zeal of the author has made him blind I’m afraid.

What also has made this a terrible experience is the quality of the print. Seldom (never?) has this affected my reading experience in such a negative way. Mysterious page breaks. Missing chapters and headers, etc..

So relevant that it's easy to forget it was written well over a century ago. In times of despair and hopelessness, this was an unexpected beacon of light and hope. A wonderful antidote to the ravages of uber-individualism.