Qu’est-ce que la propriété ?
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Qu’est-ce que la propriété ? is a seminal 1840 anarchist treatise by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, famous for the provocative declaration that “property is theft” and its critique of private ownership and economic inequality.
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| instanceOf |
anarchist work
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book → political treatise → |
| aimsTo |
demonstrate the injustice of property
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justify a society without exploitative property relations → |
| author |
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
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| centralThesis |
economic inequality is structurally produced by property relations
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private property is a form of theft → property rights enable exploitation of labor → |
| countryOfOrigin |
France
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| criticizes |
capitalist economic relations
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interest → legal foundations of property → private ownership of the means of production → profit → rent → |
| discusses |
labor and value
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law and justice → state and authority → |
| hasForm |
essay
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| historicalContext |
early 19th-century France
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| influenced |
Karl Marx
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anarchist movement → libertarian socialist thought → socialist theory → |
| influencedBy |
Enlightenment political philosophy
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French socialism → |
| literaryGenre |
economic theory
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political philosophy → |
| mainTopic |
anarchism
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economic inequality → private property → property → social justice → |
| movement |
classical anarchism
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socialism → |
| notability |
early systematic critique of private property in modern Europe
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foundational text of anarchist political philosophy → |
| notableQuote |
La propriété, c’est le vol !
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| originalLanguage |
French
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| philosophicalTradition |
mutualism
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social anarchism → |
| proposes |
association of workers
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egalitarian economic relations → mutualist organization of society → |
| publicationYear |
1840
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| titleTranslation |
What is Property?
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
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originalTitleOfWork |