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System of Economical Contradictions; Or, The Philosophy of Misery
by P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon
Chapters
10 totalVOLUME FIRST. - INTRODUCTION - CHAPTER I. OF THE ECONOMIC SCIENCE % 1. Opposition between FACT and RIGHT in Social Economy % 2. Inadequacy of Theories and Criticisms - CHAPTER II. OF VALUE % 1. Opposition of Value in USE and Value in EXCHANGE % 2. Constitution of Value; Definition of Wealth % 3. Application of the Law of Proportionality of Values - CHAPTER III. ECONOMIC EVOLUTIONS.—FIRST PERIOD.—THE DIVISION OF LABOR % 1. Antagonistic Effects of the Principle of Division % 2. Impotence of Palliatives.—MM. Blanqui, Chevalier, Dunoyer, Rossi, and Passy - CHAPTER IV. SECOND PERIOD.—MACHINERY % 1. Of the Function of Machinery in its Relations to Liberty % 2. Machinery's Contradiction.—Origin of Capital and Wages % 3. Of Preservatives against the Disastrous Influence of Machinery - CHAPTER V. THIRD PERIOD.—COMPETITION % 1. Necessity of Competition % 2. Subversive Effects of Competition, and the Destruction of Liberty thereby % 3. Remedies against Competition - CHAPTER VI. FOURTH PERIOD.—MONOPOLY % 1. Necessity of Monopoly % 2. The Disasters in Labor and the Perversion of Ideas caused by Monopoly - CHAPTER VII. FIFTH PERIOD.—POLICE, OR TAXATION % 1. Synthetic Idea of the Tax. Point of Departure and Development of this Idea % 2. Antinomy of the Tax % 3. Disastrous and Inevitable Consequences of the Tax. (Provisions, Sumptuary Laws, Rural and Industrial Police, Patents,Trade-Marks, etc.) - CHAPTER VIII. OF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MAN AND OF GOD, UNDER THE LAW OF CONTRADICTION, OR A SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM OF PROVIDENCE % 1. The Culpability of Man.—Exposition of the Myth of the Fall % 2. Exposition of the Myth of Providence.—Retrogression of God - INTRODUCTION.
THE EVOLUTION OF CAPITALISM - SYSTEM OF ECONOMICAL CONTRADICTIONS OR, THE PHILOSOPHY OF MISERY. BY P. J. PROUDHON
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III.
CHAPTER II. - OF VALUE.
CHAPTER III. - ECONOMIC EVOLUTIONS.—FIRST PERIOD.—THE DIVISION OF LABOR.
CHAPTER IV. - SECOND PERIOD.—MACHINERY.
CHAPTER V. - THIRD PERIOD.—COMPETITION.
CHAPTER VI. - FOURTH PERIOD.—MONOPOLY.
CHAPTER VIII. - OF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MAN AND OF GOD, UNDER THE LAW OF CONTRADICTION, OR A SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM OF PROVIDENCE.
Description
This volume launches a bold inquiry into the hidden contradictions that drive modern capitalism, treating economic theory as a living, conflicted organism. The author examines the clash between use‑value and exchange‑value, the split of labor, the disruptive rise of machinery, and the paradoxes of competition and monopoly. All of this is framed by an unusual hypothesis: that the idea of God functions as a dialectical tool for understanding social upheaval.
By tracing five historical periods—from the division of labor to the sprawling reach of taxation—the work shows how each stage reshapes liberty and collective desire. The prose moves between rigorous analysis and philosophical reflection, inviting listeners to question whether wealth, law, and even providence are merely constructs of contradictory forces. It offers a thoughtful, if challenging, roadmap for anyone curious about the roots of economic misery and the possibility of remedy.
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en
Duration
~14 hours (851K characters)
Release date
1996-02-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
About the author
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon
1809–1865
Raised in poverty and trained as a printer, he became one of the most provocative political thinkers of 19th-century France. He is best remembered for challenging accepted ideas about property and power, and for helping shape early anarchist thought.
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