Pierre Joseph Proudhon Archive


General Idea of the Revolution in the Nineteenth Century


Written: 1851
Source: Text from RevoltLib.com.
Transcription/Markup: Andy Carloff
Online Source: RevoltLib.com; 2021


  1. General Idea of the Revolution
  2. To Business Men
  3. Study 1 : Reaction Causes Revolution
  4. Study 2 : Is there Sufficient Reason for Revolution in the Nineteenth Century?
  5. Study 3 : The Principle of Association
  6. Study 4 : The Principle of Authority
  7. Study 5 : Social Liquidation
  8. Study 6 : Organization of Economic Forces
  9. Study 7 : Absorption of Government by the Economic Organism
  10. Epilogue