Qu'est-ce que la propriéte? (What is Property?).

PROUDHON, Pierre-Joseph.

Verlag: Librairie du Prévot, Paris, 1841

Beschreibung

Half-title + TP + [V]-XX = Preface + [1]-314 + [315]-[316] = Table des Matieres, Large 12mo. Second Edition.The first edition of this book is all but impossible to find having been published by César Bajat in an extremely small press run intended only for the members of the Academy of Besançon. This, his first book, was Proudhon's most notorious and the one that made him famous at the age of thirty-two. He was the first person to declare himself an "anarchist" and is widely regarded as one of that ideology's most influential theorists. (Proudhon is even considered by many to be the "father of anarchism".)The book garnered Proudhon instant notoriety not only for its radicalism but also for its most famous passage in which he characterizes property as "theft". The author's love of telling phrases distorted the nature of his argument somewhat, for this book was, in fact, an investigation of abuses that had entered into the institution of property rather than a condemnation of concept of property itself. The book's publication attracted the attention of the French authorities (of course!) and it was also noticed by Karl Marx who reviewed the book favorably. (Marx called it "the first decisive, vigorous and scientific examinationof the institution of property" and hailed it as a "scientific manifesto of the French proletariat") which led to a lively correspondence between the two revolutionaries. They influenced each otherin significant ways and even met in Paris while Marx was exiled there. Their friendship finally ended when Marx responded to Proudhon'sThe Philosophy of Poverty(1846) with hisscathing and provocatively titledThe Poverty of Philosophy. (1847).The arguments that Proudhon put forward in this early book, on the nature of property and the faults of government, are those which he elaborated and gave a deeper philosophical backing in his later writings. terim yellow paper wraps which are loosely adhered to endpapers covered with contemporary ink writings - both front and back. A completely fresh, tight and clean uncut copy of this important work in the history of European political thought. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1114

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Titel: Qu'est-ce que la propriéte? (What is ...

Verlag: Librairie du Prévot, Paris

Erscheinungsdatum: 1841

Zustand: Contemporary

Auflage: SECOND EDITION.