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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon — ink portrait
§ The minds · 1809–1865 · France · Philosopher

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

Property is theft

The first to call himself an anarchist.

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Governance−72
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The founder of mutualism and the first self-described anarchist, who envisioned an economy of free exchange among worker-owners — markets without capitalism, order without the state.

social

Radical, if contradictory, progressive of his era.

economic

Markets and exchange without capitalist profit; free credit, worker possession.

governance

Stateless federation of free associations and contracts.

Notable for
  • 'What Is Property?'
  • Founded mutualism
  • First self-described anarchist
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