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What Is Property? · Theme
Revolution and Reform
How What Is Property? develops Revolution and Reform.
Presents the critique of property as a necessary precursor to a fundamental social revolution, urging a transformation of law, economy, and institutions to achieve equality.
Where it surfaces
- P. J. Proudhon
Proudhon's call for peaceful equilibrium and federative principles, as opposed to revolutionary upheaval, is a key theme in his later works.
- Determination of the Third Form of Society. Conclusion.
Proudhon calls for a radical transformation of law, government, and economy, predicting the end of property and the rise of liberty.
- Second Memoir: A Letter to M. Blanqui
Proudhon discusses historical reforms like Lycurgus' abolition of debts and modern expropriation laws as steps toward limiting property.