Back in Besançon by the Fall, Proudhon was offered a job as an editor of a Fouriériste newspaper.
, after receiving news of his brother's mysterious death during military training after having threatened to expose his captain for misuse of army funds, Proudhon became an implacable enemy of the existing order
obtained pension Suard working as corrector of the press
wrote treatise, 'Utilité de la célébration du dimanche, this year moved to paris
published first work- Qu'est-ce que la propriété
published greatest work Système des contradictions économiques ou Philosophie de la misère (system of economic contradictions or the philosophy of Poverty).Voix du people proudhon biography About Us. Contact Us. Other Links. Critics Corner. He became connected as a kind of manager with commercial firm in Lyon, France.
He became connected as a kind of manager with commercial firm in Lyon, France.
left Lyon and business and finally settled in Paris, joined freemasonry.
Proudhon failed to get elected to the Constituent Assembly in April , though his name appeared on the ballots in Paris, Lyon, Besançon, and Lille.
participated in February uprising.
() During the Second French Republic Proudhon was writing for Le Représentant du Peuple (February - August ); Le Peuple (September - June ); La Voix du Peuple (September - May ); Le Peuple de (June - October ).
June 4 , Proudhon was elected to the Constituent Assembly, in the complementary elections, and served as a deputy during the debates over the National Workshops, created by the February 25, decree passed by Republican Louis Blanc.
he attempted to establish a popular bank (Banque du peuple).
June Proudhon was arrested for insulting the president Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte and was imprisoned for three years.
December , while in prison, married 27 year old Euphrasie Piégard, with whom he had four daughters.
Proudhon contracted cholera. He survived but he never fully recovered his health.
published two more important books, Justice in the Revolution and in the Church
June 2, , for publishing Justice, Proudhon was sentenced to three years in prison and fined 4, francs.
July flees to Brussels and becomes Professor of Mathematics under the name Durfort.
December 12, , pardoned by Emperor.
September, returned to France and settled in Passy.