Pierre-Joseph Proudhon: Harbinger of Anarchism (A6)
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Publisher: Active Distribution
Author: Iain McKay
Publisher: Active Distribution
ISBN: 9781911788157
Published: 08/2026
Format: Pocketbook
Size: 4.1 x 5.8
Page count: 88
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon was the first person to proclaim themselves as an anarchist. Laying the foundations for revolutionary anarchism, he influenced Bakunin and Kropotkin along with workers across the globe. Yet American academic J. Salwyn Schapiro accused him of fascism. Here Schapiro’s many distortions and inventions are refuted, showing that Proudhon – for all his flaws – was a harbinger of anarchism.
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