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.
Anarchism
Mutualism is Approximate (from LeftLiberty 2)
Mutualism: The Anarchism of Approximations[continued from Part II]__________ Mutualism is approximate. Mutualism values justice, in the form of reciprocity. Mutualism is dialectical. (Or “trialectical.” Or serial.) Mutualism is individualism and socialism—or it is neither. Mutualism […]
Proudhon Library
Celebration of Sunday: Appendix
DE LA CÉLÉBRATION DU DIMANCHE PAGES RETROUVÉES Nous n’avions pas manqué, quand nous avons eu à préparer la réédition des premières œuvres de Proudhon, de rechercher s’il était encore possible de lire les manuscrits, les […]
Contr'un
P.-J. Proudhon, The Celebration of Sunday — I
THE CELEBRATION OF SUNDAY [continued] I It is rare that a law can be well understood and appreciated at its true value, if we limit ourselves to considering it separately, and independent of the system […]