Project Gutenberg 1995-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 620 Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) 1809 1865 Proudhon, Pierre Joseph What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government Produced by Mike Lough, and David Widger "What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government" by P. J. Proudhon is a philosophical and political treatise written in the early 19th century. This seminal work challenges conventional notions of property, proposing radical ideas regarding equality and justice in society. Proudhon famously states, "Property is theft," suggesting that the institution of private property is fundamentally unjust and a source of societal inequality. At the start of the work, Proudhon introduces the central theme of his investigation: the nature of property and its implications for justice and governance. He first proposes that commonly accepted definitions of property, whether based on labor or law, fail to hold when subjected to rigorous analysis. By asserting that property is an effect without a cause, he calls into question the foundations of societal consent and legal structures surrounding ownership. Proudhon's method seeks to dissect these concepts, aiming to demonstrate that true justice and equality must replace existing legal and economic frameworks. The opening chapters promise a critical examination of entrenched societal beliefs, inviting readers to reconsider their views on property and the principles governing human interaction. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 56.7 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Economics Property HB Text Anarchism Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Politics 1082364 2025-08-01T05:10:51.647209 text/html 1076387 2017-11-19T06:36:14 text/html; charset=us-ascii 373325 2017-11-19T06:36:24 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 482308 2025-08-01T05:11:03.569096 application/epub+zip 495385 2025-08-01T05:10:55.569132 application/epub+zip 452977 2025-08-01T05:10:54.152166 application/epub+zip 912855 2025-08-01T05:11:10.123073 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 875426 2025-08-01T05:11:02.571130 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 653612 2022-09-01T05:31:30.320666 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 950255 2025-08-01T05:10:50.245162 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 949951 2017-11-19T06:36:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 358730 2017-11-19T06:36:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18812 2025-08-01T05:11:10.291095 application/rdf+xml 24749 2025-08-01T05:10:54.686145 image/jpeg 4501 2025-08-01T05:10:54.427143 image/jpeg 472986 2025-08-01T05:10:51.732204 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia