Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Archives - Page 29 of 31

What could justify property?

November 23, 2008 Shawn P. Wilbur

[Commentary coming soon.] The shift in Proudhon’s work, from critique of property to arguments in favor of it (despite and based on the critiques), is hard to work through, perhaps because Proudhon was himself a […]

Unexpected dangers of the free market?

November 16, 2008 Shawn P. Wilbur

[ezcol_1third] [Commentary coming soon.] [/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_2third_end] We know the standard anti-market concern, that even the truly free relations which mutualists and other market anarchists propose (free-market anti-capitalism, equitable commerce, etc…), will lead inevitably (through a […]

Another bit on “socialism,” from Proudhon’s “The Federative Principle”

November 5, 2008 Shawn P. Wilbur

Just another of those interesting definitions of “socialism,” from the mid-19th century. I first encountered this particular passage in Proudhon’s posthumously published study of Napoleon III, but is originally from the still-untranslated second part of […]

More Proudhon on the origin of property

October 27, 2008 Shawn P. Wilbur

[one_third][/one_third][two_third_last] Here’s another little bit from “Justice,” which immediately follows the last passages linked. In it, Proudhon explains how, in the very early phases of the “shock of ideas,” property emerged as a social convention […]

The Libertarian Labyrinth

Encounters with the Anarchist Idea / Tools for an Anarchist Entente

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

What could justify property?

Unexpected dangers of the free market?

Another bit on “socialism,” from Proudhon’s “The Federative Principle”

More Proudhon on the origin of property

“It is the shock of ideas that casts the light”

The Gift Economy of Property

“The current unintelligent tampering…with the moral order of business”

Proudhon’s “Toast to the Revolution” as a bilingual pamphlet

Proudhon, Liberty, Satan, and The Ladies Repository (oh, my!)

Proudhon on freedom and free will