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Proudhonian consistency—II

January 22, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

One of the stumbling blocks to accepting Proudhon’s post-1861 “New Theory” of property seems to be the fact that it is hard to image that “monopoly,” “absolutism,” even “despotism” (all words Proudhon used to describe […]

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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, “The Celebration of Sunday” (1839)

January 17, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

I’m happy to finally be able to present the full text of Proudhon’s The Celebration of Sunday, available as rich text at From the Libertarian Library and in pdf form as well. When I started […]

P.-J. Proudhon, The Celebration of Sunday — V

January 16, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

THE CELEBRATION OF SUNDAY [Continued from Part IV] V. If I have accomplished the task that I imposed on myself in beginning these researches, it remains certain and proven: 1. That the institution of the […]

P.-J. Proudhon, The Celebration of Sunday — IV

January 16, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

THE CELEBRATION OF SUNDAY [Continued from Part III] IV It remains to examine the importance of the Sunday celebration with regard to public hygiene. This text will perhaps appear rather petty after the serious subjects […]

P.-J. Proudhon, The Celebration of Sunday — III

January 15, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

THE CELEBRATION OF SUNDAY [Continued from Part II] III I approach what is perhaps the most difficult part of my subject, because of the pitfall that it seems to cover: moral utility. What is the […]

The Celebration continues

January 15, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

I’ve posted another section from my translation of Proudhon’s The Celebration of Sunday, and I have revised the sections previously posted. I finished a rough translation of the whole book a couple of days ago, […]

P.-J. Proudhon, The Celebration of Sunday — II

January 15, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

THE CELEBRATION OF SUNDAY [continued from Part I] II What I have said of the civil effects of the Sabbath sufficiently explains the importance that the legislator attached to it, when he made the stability […]

Proudhonian consistency

January 14, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

I was amused to find that Proudhon’s first published article in 1839 begins with the following: “Is a universal alphabet possible? “If it is possible, is it practicable in the study and common usage of […]

More Molinari, etc.

January 11, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

Roderick Long has translated another pair of texts, both relating to Gustave de Molinari’s Soirées on the Rue Saint-Lazare: Charles Coquelin’s review of the work, and “Question of the Limits of State Action and Individual […]

The Theory of Property, Chapter VIII

January 11, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

Of the chapters from Proudhon’s The Theory of Property which have not yet appeared in translation, the first is the Introduction compiled by Proudhon’s friends, which surveyed his previous works; the third, fourth and fifth […]