Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (Routledge Revivals) - A Biography

List of contents

1. The Hills of the Jura 2. The Critic of Property 3. The Man of Affairs 4. The Voice of the People 5. The Prisoner 6. The Paladin of Justice 7. The Exile 8. The Stricken Years 9. Epilogue

Summary

Pierre Joseph Proudhon (1809-1865) is one of the most important French social theoreticians of the nineteenth century. George Woodcock's book, first published in 1956, was the first full-scale biography of Proudhon in the English language.
Proudhon's influence on the French Socialist movement was immense and he played a great part in the First International and Paris Commune, in French syndicalism and in contemporary movements for currency reform.
Proudhon's significance also reaches forward into the contemporary era, when his massive distrust of the state and his teaching of the need for world federation took on a new importance in a world threatened by the explosive rivalries of giant nationalistic states.

Product details

• Authors: George Woodcock, George Woodcock, Woodcock George
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.01.2011
• EAN: 9780415582735
• ISBN: 978-0-415-58273-5
• No. of pages: 294
• Series: Routledge Revivals; Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Soziologie, Politisches System: Demokratie, Sociology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, PHILOSOPHY / Political, Society & culture: general, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Political structures: democracy, Society and culture: general, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies