02267cam a22003133u 4500001000400000003000700004005001700011006000200028007000500030008004100035040001100076041001700087050000700104100004900111245007900160264005100239300004700290336002600337337002600363338003600389500003100425508004500456520132200501534004501823653001401868653001301882856004101895999001701936360UtSlPG20260610133030.0mcr n260607r1995||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aHB1 aProudhon, P.-J.q(Pierre-Joseph),d1809-186510aWhat is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c1995  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 1995-11-01  aProduced by Mike Lough, and David Widger  a"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.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aEconomics  aProperty40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/360  c42488d42488