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“Archangel Saint Michael,” “Response to Satan”

July 4, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

[Note: In l’Opinion des Femmes, the author of this pamphlet is identified as Jeanne Deroin.) Society for the Mutual Education of Women. RESPONSE TO SATAN ON THE SUBJECT OF MR. PROUDHON BY THE ARCHANGEL SAINT-MICHEL […]

“Satan,” “The History of Mr. Proudhon and His Doctrines” (1849)

July 4, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

THE HISTORY OF MR. PROUDHON AND HIS DOCTRINES BY SATAN [GEORGES DAIRNVAELL] I have been, for an entire month, delivered to the “jackals of the press and the owls of the gallery. Never has […]

Proudhon’s “Catechism of Marriage”

June 28, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

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 […]

P.-J. Proudhon, “Catechism of Marriage”

June 27, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

CATECHISM OF MARRIAGE [from Justice in the Revolution and in the Church, New Edition, Vol. IV] Question. — What is the conjugal couple? Answer. — Every power of nature, every faculty of life, every affection […]

Eugène Stourm, “God, Women and Proudhon”

June 20, 2012

[Slowly, but surely, I’m assembling the various feminist responses to Proudhon. The pages of L’Opinion des Femmes is rich with that sort of thing, since it was Jeanne Deroin’s primary forum at the time she […]

Désirée Gay in “L’Opinion des Femmes,” August 1848

June 20, 2012

[These two short articles by Désirée Gay (Jeanne Desirée Véret Gay, 1810-1891) appeared in the August 1848 issue of L’Opinion des Femmes, which seems to have been a kind of testing of the waters before […]

Proudhon, The Theory of Property — Chapter III (part 1 of 2)

June 16, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

[Here is a particular rough working translation of a particularly interesting section of The Theory of Property. Because it never underwent the careful final editing that Proudhon gave his published works, the text poses a […]

Proudhon, The various meanings of the word property

June 12, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

[Here’s the first section of Proudhon’s The Theory of Property, in rough English translation.] THEORY OF PROPERTY CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION § I. — The various meanings of the word property. In 1840, I promised to […]

God, Women and Proudhon — Eugène Stourm

March 20, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

Slowly, but surely, I’m assembling the various feminist responses to Proudhon. The pages of L’Opinion des Femmes is rich with that sort of thing, since it was Jeanne Deroin’s primary forum at the time she […]

Proudhon’s “Toast to the Revolution” (revised translation)

March 19, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

Proudhon’s “Toast to the Revolution” was the first major translation I posted on the blog, back in July of 2007. Little did I know at the time how much translating I would end up doing, […]

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