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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (French: [pjɛʁ ʒɔzɛf pʁudɔ̃]) (15 January 1809 – 19 January 1865) was a French politician the founder of Mutualist philosophy an economist and a libertarian socialist. He was the first person to declare himself an anarchist and is among its most influential theorists. He is considered by many to be the father of anarchism.

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birth date
1809-01-15
birth place
Besançon, First French Empire
death date
1865-01-19
death place
Paris, Second French Empire, Passy, First French Empire
era
19th-century philosophy
influenced
Karl Marx, Georges Sorel, Mikhail Bakunin, Joseph Déjacque
influenced by
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Charles Fourier
main interest
Egalitarianism, Property, Liberty, Poverty, Social justice, Authority
notableIdea
Property is theft!
philosophicalSchool
Anarchism, Socialism, Mutualism (economic theory)

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