Was Kropotkin a revolutionary syndicalist?
Introduction. — Methological considerations
René Berthier
To ask the question: “Was Kropotkin a theorist of revolutionary syndicalism?” requires first defining what revolutionary syndicalism is, and then defining the criteria for attributing this qualification to an author. This is where a methodological problem arises: either one considers revolutionary syndicalism as a doctrine and a set of well-defined practices, as Ralf Darlington does, (...)