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Proudhon

American  
[proo-dawn] / pruˈdɔ̃ /

noun

  1. Pierre Joseph 1809–65, French socialist and writer.


Proudhon British  
/ prudɔ̃ /

noun

  1. Pierre Joseph (pjɛr ʒozɛf). 1809–65, French socialist, whose pamphlet What is Property? (1840) declared that property is theft

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Among his heroes, Mr. Wilson cites Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, a Frenchman considered by many to be the “father of anarchism.”

From New York Times

Much of his time was spent disagreeing with other radicals, attacking Proudhon in particular, whom he likened to one of the “bourgeois economists”.

From Economist

He sought solace by designing pamphlets that he called experimenta typographica, filled with drawings, collages, typographical doodles and quotations from Le Corbusier, Proudhon, Stendhal and other thinkers he admired.

From New York Times

"What Is Property?" is Proudhon's most famous work, I believe.

From Economist

They ran in the Christmas issue of 1982 and the first one was called Proudhon and Bakunin have tea in Tumbridge Wells.

From The Guardian