What Is Property? · Theme
Sociability and Community
How What Is Property? develops Sociability and Community.
Contrasts human sociability—based on justice, equity, and mutual aid—with the isolating and anti-social effects of property, advocating for association based on equality.
Where it surfaces
- § 8: That, from the Standpoint of Justice, Labor Destroys Property
All industries are united in a single group; production is communal, so no individual can claim exclusive ownership.
- § 1 Of the Moral Sense in Man and the Animals
Proudhon explores the social instinct shared by humans and animals, arguing that society is based on mutual association and sympathy.
- § 2
Explored through the concept of special societies within universal society, and the comparison of human and animal social instincts.
- § 3
Explores human sociability based on diverse talents and intellectual exchange, contrasting it with animal association.
- § 1
Discusses man's social instinct and the tension between individuality and community, using the bee analogy.