P. Kropotkin's Anarchist Genealogy and Imagination: Translation and Transversality

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K12829
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 01040:History of thought-related
• Research Institution: University of Shizuoka
• Principal Investigator: Oda Toru 静岡県立大学, その他部局等, 特任講師 (50839058)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: クロポトキン / アナキズム / 相互扶助 / 翻訳

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The major research achievement is the new translation of _Mutual Aid_, which is arguably P. Kropotkin's most influential work and embodies his interdisciplinary and translational thinking in a paradigmatic way. Perhaps because of its transversal and pologylot nature, no critical edition has not yet appeared, and to do a new translation of _Mutual Aid_ meant to thoroughly compare the three existing editions (1902, 1904, and 1914), examine the original footnotes, and delve into digital archives. In addition to the establishment of a reliable edition of _Mutual Aid_ and the publication of the new translation based on it, this research project succeeded in presenting its major findings in six international conferences, discussing the historical, global, and contemporary significance of Kropotkin's thinking on mutual aid.

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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

クロポトキンの『相互扶助論』（1902）は、ダーウィンの進化論の解釈をめぐる書物であると同時に、19世紀後半の人類学や歴史学の知見を総合する著作でもあれば、現代におけるウェルビーイングやケアについての議論を先取りするテクストでもある。そして、その歴史的かつ現代的な重要性にもかかわらず、大杉栄による100年以上前の翻訳を除けば、長らく絶版の状態にあった。本研究の成果として刊行された新訳は、この隙間を埋めるものであり、19世末の思想史や文化史の研究者のみならず、現代における社会運動にかかわる人々に、新たな参照点となるだろう。