mutualism

society

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In anarchism: French anarchist thought
…themes of his work were mutualism, federalism, and the power of the working classes to liberate themselves through organized economic action, an idea later known as “direct action.” By mutualism he meant the organization of society on an egalitarian basis. Although he was infamous for declaring (in What Is Property?)…
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In Pierre-Joseph Proudhon: Early life and education
…by adopting the name of Mutualism for his own form of anarchism.
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In socialism: Other early socialists
…operate on the principle of mutualism, according to which individuals and groups would exchange products with one another on the basis of mutually satisfactory contracts. All this would be accomplished, ideally, without the interference of the state, for Proudhon was an anarchist who regarded the state as an essentially coercive…
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