# Sociability and Community in What Is Property?

> Theme guide for What Is Property? by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon.

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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_property_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_property_se/chapters/part-i-1): Proudhon explores the social instinct shared by humans and animals, arguing that society is based on mutual association and sympathy.
- [§ 2](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_property_se/chapters/part-i-2): Explored through the concept of special societies within universal society, and the comparison of human and animal social instincts.
- [§ 3](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_property_se/chapters/part-i-3): Explores human sociability based on diverse talents and intellectual exchange, contrasting it with animal association.
- [§ 1](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_property_se/chapters/part-ii-1): Discusses man's social instinct and the tension between individuality and community, using the bee analogy.

## Links

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- Themes index: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_property_se/themes