Apparently I missed a post on the C4SIF site last March, claiming that Proudhon was an advocate of intellectual property. Now, as I am a notorious softy on that question (or self-serving reactionary, depending on who you ask), I’m less inclined to “pistols at dawn” than some might be, but it doesn’t sound much like the Proudhon I know. You can check the comments for some discussion with Stephan Kinsella about the question, which is rendered more difficult because the text at issue is from the half-translated and notoriously difficult System of Economic Contradictions.
Contr'un
Proudhon’s “Catechism of Marriage”
I’ve posted a working translation of Proudhon’s “Catechism of Marriage,” from the fourth volume of Justice in the Revolution and in the Church. It’s strange stuff, and unappealing in a variety of ways, but I […]
French texts
Ms. 2834 — Pologne. Les Principes
[32] Chapitre II. L’Etat. Transition : Que l’idée d’une spontanéité dans la nation, conduit à celle d’une existence réelle et concrète de l’Etat.—Théorie idéaliste et théorie réaliste de l’Etat : principe de collectivité.—La politique, de subjective, artificielle […]
Proudhon Library
REVOLUTIONARY PRACTICE.—Propositions (1851)
Carnet 8, 322 REVOLUTIONARY PRACTICE.—Propositions: Every revolution is caused by the displacement of interests; the oscillation of ideas; the exhaustion of an ideal. These three causes do not form a triad: the first two are […]