The Darwinian Rhetoric of Science in Petr Kropotkin's Mutual Aid. A Factor of Evolution (1902)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21469816 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Riccardo Nicolosi (0000-0002-9645-9240, University of Munich Slavic Philology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 141-159 |
| Publication date | 2020-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0170-6233 • E-ISSN: 1522-2365 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/bewi.201900023 |
| PMID | 32108354 |
| OpenAlex | W3008948759 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 31 |
The paper explores the significance of rhetorical argumentation in Petr Kropotkin's treatise Mutual Aid. A Factor of Evolution (1902). It argues that Kropotkin's work is steeped in the tradition of a rhetoric of science that is profoundly Darwinian and in which various forms of analogic reasoning play a central role. After explaining the epistemic function of the metaphors “struggle for existence” and “mutual aid,” the paper analyses Kropotkin's argumentation strategies and offers an interpretation of them as a further development and reworking of Darwinian rhetoric
Argumentation theory · Darwinism · Epistemology · Linguistics · Rhetoric · Rhetorical question · Philosophy · Rhetoric and Communication Studies
Paradigms for a Metaphorology
"Art" of Rhetoric
Kropotkin between Lamarck and Darwin
Logik und Rhetorik der Erkenntnis
Darwin's Plots
Darwin without Malthus
Kropotkin's Theory of Mutual Aid in Historical Context
The Structure and Strategy of Darwin's ‘Long Argument’
Mutual Aid Theory and Human Development
Darwin's Malthusian Metaphor and Russian Evolutionary Thought, 1859-1917
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |