AbstractsEconomics

The theory of social change in the writings of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon.

by Michael (Michael Kelway) Oliver




Institution: McGill University
Department: Department of Economics.
Degree: MA.
Year: 1950
Keywords: POLITICAL SCIENCE; Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph), 1809-1865.
Record ID: 1488655
Full text PDF: http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile124335.pdf


Abstract

Enough has been written about Proudhon both in French and in English to make a detailed description of bis life and personality quite unnecessary. This is especially true since the publication of the latest biography by Edouard Dolleans (l). His long study of the works, letters and as yet unpublished diary of Proudhon has resulted in a comprehensive and reliable picture of the Franche-Comtois socialist which fills in many gaps left by such early biographers as Sainte-Beuve, von Diehl and Desjardins. In the present instance, then, there can be no justification for any treatment of the life of Proudhon except insofar as it is necessary for the understanding of the particular points which will be raised.[...]