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PROUDHON, Pierre-Joseph.
Qu'est-ce que la propriéte? (What is Property?).
Paris: Librairie De Garnier Freres, 1849. LATER EDITION Half-title + TP + [V]-XVI + [1]-252 + [253]-[254] = Table des Matieres, Octavo. This, his first book, was Proudhon's most notorious and the one that made him famous at the age of thirty-two. He is often called the "father of anarchism". "Hailed by Marx as 'the first decisive, vigorous and scientific examination' of the institution of property, gained notoriety because in one passage Proudhon defined property as 'theft'. The author's love of telling phrases distorted the nature of his argument, for [this book] was in fact an investigation of abuses, that had entered into the institution of property rather than a condemnation of property itself. The arguments which 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." (EP, Vol. 6, p. 507) Original wraps with some wear and slight tears at the edges. The spine is cracked and some of the lettering has been lost both top and bottom. Otherwise, a lovely, uncut copy. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
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