User:Editor510/Sandbox/mutual aid
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English
editEtymology
editmutual + aid. Popularised by the anarcho-communist philosopher, Peter Kropotkin.
Noun
edit- (politics, philosophy) The state of cooperation, as opposed to competition, as a factor in evolution and social development.
- 1902, Peter Kropotkin, “Introduction”, in Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution:
- [I]n all these scenes of animal life which passed before my eyes, I saw mutual aid and mutual support carried on to an extent which made me suspect in it a feature of the greatest importance for the maintenance of life, the preservation of each species, and its further evolution.
- (anarchism, communism) By extension, a voluntary reciprocal exchange of resources and services for mutual benefit.
- (deprecated label) An agreement among emergency responders to lend assistance across jurisdictional boundaries.
- (social work) A social work practice model in which members of a group both provide and receive help.
Derived terms
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