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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (UK: / ˈ p r uː d ɒ̃ /, [1] US: / p r uː ˈ d ɒ̃, p r uː ˈ d oʊ n /; French: [pjɛʁ ʒozɛf pʁudɔ̃]; 15 January 1809 – 19 January 1865) was a French anarchist, socialist, philosopher, and economist who founded mutualist philosophy and is considered by many to be the "father of anarchism". [2]
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon is a biography of the French anarchist written by George Woodcock and first published in 1956 by Macmillan. Further reading
At the time, Proudhon was still serving the last year of a prison sentence begun in 1849, for criticizing Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte as a reactionary. The central theme of the book is the historical necessity of revolution, and the impossibility of preventing it.
Proudhon believed that the stateless future was not preordained by iron laws of history, but was rather to be the conscious creation of a population which had been morally awakened. [3] This necessary morality , based upon honesty, decency, self-respect , and individual responsibility, was believed to be an inherent part of the working class ...
After Proudhon's death, mutualism lost its popularity within the European anarchist movement and was eventually redefined in counterposition to anarchist communism. Proudhon's thought was instead taken up by American individualists, who came to be closely identified with mutualist economics.
Proudhon and His Children is an oil-on-canvas group portrait by the French painter Gustave Courbet, created in 1865, now held in the Petit Palais in Paris. The main figure is a posthumously produced image of French philosopher Pierre-Joseph Proudhon , who appears with his two children reading and playing.
Cercle Proudhon (French pronunciation: [sɛʁklə pʁudɔ̃]; French for Proudhon Circle) was a national syndicalist political group in France. The group was inspired by Georges Sorel , Charles Maurras and a selective reading of anarchist theorist Pierre-Joseph Proudhon .
The new political group, called Cercle Proudhon, was founded on 16 December 1911. It included Berth, Valois, Lagrange, the syndicalist Albert Vincent and the royalists Gilbert Maire, René de Marans, André Pascalon, and Marius Riquier. [14] As the name Cercle Proudhon suggests, the group was inspired by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon. It was also ...