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P.-J. Proudhon, “The Political Capacity of the Working Classes” (1865)

January 22, 2024 Shawn P. Wilbur

[These draft translations are part of on ongoing effort to establish an edition of Proudhon’s works in English. They are very much a first step, as there are lots of decisions about how best to […]

From Proudhon’s “Political Capacity of the Working Classes”

February 12, 2014 Shawn P. Wilbur

The Political Capacity of the Working Classes was the last work prepared for publication by Proudhon prior to his death. It was written in large part as a response to the workers responsible for the […]

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P.-J. Proudhon, “The Political Capacity of the Working Classes” (1865)

From Proudhon’s “Political Capacity of the Working Classes”