ABSTRACT
Elisee Reclus and Peter Kropotkin reside comfortably together in this chapter just as they lived fraternally and collaborated closely in their lives. Although it has been possible to distil some of the basic economic ideas of Reclus, and to highlight his approach to evolutionary theory and revolution, it is apparent that he did not produce an accessible economic 'blueprint' for society. Reclus and Kropotkin's economic ideas, read together, provided a substantial edifice which was leant upon by most committed communitarian anarchists who came after them. Kropotkin alluded to self-sufficiency for 'every aggregation of individuals,' and a fundamental means of achieving this condition for society would be the integration of agriculture and industry. In anticipation of objections to the integration of agriculture and industry due to the high existing production potentials of industry, Kropotkin acknowledged the way in which specialisation in industry, through division of labor, had produced a 'high pitch of production.'
