What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government


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What Is Property?: or, An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government (French: Qu'est-ce que la propriété ? ou Recherche sur le principe du Droit et du Gouvernment) is an influential work of nonfiction on the concept of property and its relation to anarchist philosophy by the French anarchist and mutualist Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, first published in 1840.

In the book, Proudhon most famously declared that “property is theft”. Proudhon believed that the common conception of property conflated two distinct components which, once identified, demonstrated the difference between property used to further tyranny and property used to protect liberty. He argued that the result of an individual's labor which is currently occupied or used is a legitimate form of property. Thus, he opposed unused land being regarded as property, believing that land can only be rightfully possessed by use or occupation (which he called "possession"). As an extension of his belief that legitimate property (possession) was the result of labor and occupation, he argued against such institutions as interest on loans and rent. (17 hr 29 min)

Chapitres

PJ Proudhon, his life and works, Part 1 34:47 Lu par Deborah Brabyn
PJ Proudhon, his life and works, Part 2 35:54 Lu par Lynne T
Preface 31:52 Lu par Capybara
Chapter One, Part 1 38:55 Lu par Mike
Chapter One, Part 2 37:32 Lu par Lucretia B.
Chapter Two, Part 1 24:54 Lu par Anna Simon
Chapter Two, Part 2 37:01 Lu par Tim Makarios
Chapter Two, Part 3 33:57 Lu par Mike
Chapter Three, Part 1 22:27 Lu par Guero
Chapter Three, Part 2 34:34 Lu par Mary Schneider
Chapter Three, Part 3 41:30 Lu par Mary Schneider
Chapter Three, Part 4 50:10 Lu par Lynne T
Chapter Four, Part 1 45:16 Lu par Lynne T
Chapter Four, Part 2 22:23 Lu par Lynne T
Chapter Four, Part 3 27:11 Lu par Saab
Chapter Four, Part 4 22:55 Lu par Julia Niedermaier
Chapter Four, Part 5 34:09 Lu par Lynne T
Chapter Five, Part 1 30:18 Lu par Diana Majlinger
Chapter Five, Part 2 26:01 Lu par Elin
Chapter Five, Part 3 16:48 Lu par Chris Clark
Chapter Five, Part 4 42:00 Lu par Chris Clark
Chapter Five, Part 5 19:48 Lu par Diana Majlinger
Second Memoir, Part 1 28:53 Lu par Chris Clark
Second Memoir, Part 2 32:36 Lu par Chris Clark
Second Memoir, Part 3 32:30 Lu par KHand
Second Memoir, Part 4 30:38 Lu par EccentricOwl
Second Memoir, Part 5 32:20 Lu par KHand
Second Memoir, Part 6 23:35 Lu par KHand
Second Memoir, Part 7 28:47 Lu par KHand
Second Memoir, Part 8 22:31 Lu par Diana Majlinger
Conclusion, Part 1 35:53 Lu par Edward Kirkby
Conclusion, Part 2 38:58 Lu par Edward Kirkby
Conclusion, Part 3 32:38 Lu par Edward Kirkby

Critiques

Classic anarchist book


(5 stars)

Well read rendition of a classic book.