Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution - Paperbackby Peter Kropotkin (Author) Mutual Aid explore the role of mutually beneficial cooperation and reciprocity in the animal kingdom and human societies both past and present. Supporting the theory and foundation for anarchist communism, Peter Kropotkin presents an altruistic view of society, comparing it to the natural laws of biology and evolution. Kropotkin argued that it is our innate instinct for mutual aid rather than mutual struggle which enables