War and Peace: On the Principle and Constitution of the Rights of Peoples

Of Proudhon&;s best books, War and Peace is the least well known in the English-speaking world. This first English translation will open up both our understanding of Proudhon&;s mature works as well as a window on mid-nineteenth century international relations and the history of international thought. Sharkey&;s rich and faithful translation, and Prichard&;s scholarly introduction and annotations, bring this book to life for a new, (post)modern audience. This is still one of the only extended accounts of anarchist international theory in history and is one of the earliest in the history of socialist thought. Prichard&;s introduction describes both its specificity and the multiple lines of influence it had, on writers as diverse as Tolstoy, Sorel, French sociology more broadly, and post-1945 Anglo-American International Relations theory.