The Concept of Revolution in Historical-Journalistic Texts by Peter Kropotkin

Student: Krasiuk Aleksandr

Educational Programme: History (Bachelor)

Year of Graduation: 2018

This paper observes the Concept of Revolution in Historical-Journalistic Texts by P.A. Kropotkin. The aim of the paper is to reveal and trace the relation to revolution in perception of P. A. Kropotkin. As a research object is publicistic and historical works, written by Kropotkin, as a research subject is reception of political ideas and essence in the perception of Kropotkin. By now, research reveals the concept of revolution - one of the most important issues of political philosophy of the second half of the 19th century-the beginning of the 20th century. Regarding the anarchist theory and the current political situation in the Russian Empire, the opinion of Kropotkin was one of the most important and widespread among the Russian and foreign socialist elite.

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