It implies a society composed of men and women, each of whom is able to work with his or her hands, as well as with his or her brain, and to do so in more directions than one.
Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “It implies a society composed of men and women, each of whom is able to work with his or her hands, as well as with his…”
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Kropotkin envisions a society where individuals are skilled in both manual and intellectual work.
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