{"product_id":"pierre-joseph-proudhon-his-life-and-work-by-george-woodcock","title":"'Pierre-Joseph Proudhon: His Life and Work' by George Woodcock","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-8 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"LR5Y_W_content markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"auto\"\u003eGeorge Woodcock’s biography of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon follows one of nineteenth-century Europe’s most unruly political thinkers.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eIt follows his working-class beginnings through the revolutions, prison terms, polemics and intellectual battles that made him a foundational figure in anarchist and mutualist thought. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eFirst published in 1956, it doesn't just flatten Proudhon into the slogan for which he remains notorious — “property is theft” — and spends its time tracing the system beneath it. He was about property versus possession, labour and value, federalism, mutual credit, decentralisation, and his suspicion of both capitalism and centralised socialism fuelled him. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eWoodcock was himself closely associated with anarchist thought, and the biography is consequently sympathetic. Yet, Proudhon is not without flaws, emerging as argumentative, contradictory, frequently difficult however, enormously generative. He was a printer and autodidact whose ideas developed through continual collision with the political upheavals around him. There is useful material here too on the wider nineteenth-century radical milieu, including socialism, revolutionary politics, the Mutualists and Proudhon’s fraught relationship to Marx.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition \/ Condition: Schocken Books, New York, 1972. First Schocken paperback edition. Originally published 1956. Paperback. Moderate shelf wear, rubbing and creasing to covers, with edge wear and some age-toning. Internally clean and firmly bound. Good condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46334500929619,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/womenintranslation-2026-09-17T141945.106.png?v=1789618796","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/pierre-joseph-proudhon-his-life-and-work-by-george-woodcock","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}