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The principle of federation

by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

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A widely read and influential text in its own day, P.-J. Proudhon's Du Principe federatif is now often overlooked by students of federalism. Yet the book's theoretical and general chapters, in the first English translation, can claim to be considered a key text for the history of federalist thinking. Standing at the point of intersection between the anarchist and federalist traditions, they make a passionate case for federalism as the political order which gives the fullest possible expression to liberty - indeed, as the only political order in which liberty can be preserved: 'The twentieth century will open the age of federations, or else humanity will undergo another purgatory of a thousand years.' Proudhon's federal principle is a radically decentralist one, which contrasts sharply with modern pictures of federalism at many points, what Proudhon calls a 'federal' system is what many, today, would regard as the dissolution of such a system. Although it thus stands apart from the mainstream of North American views of federalism, Proudhon's book raises questions which are posed by any federal arrangement. In connecting the federalist ideal with such distinct ends as the dispersal of power, maximum participation, and the maintenance of cultural diversity, it builds significant political tensions into the concept of federalism itself.… (more)
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Hay que leer a los maestros antes de juzgar a los discípulos. Proudhon es un tipo absolutamente lógico, casi escolástico, y además se expresa con total claridad. Si uno le tergiversa es porque quiere. La historia política de la humanidad se reduce, para él, a la tensión entre autoridad y libertad. Desde aquí, el pensador anarquista deduce que lo mejor será el equilibrio entre ambos elementos, con predominio de la libertad, que es justo lo contrario que ha venido sucediendo. Y, en esto, es necesario que las estructuras más grandes dejen libertad a las más pequeñas, que el poder real recaiga sobre las comunidades locales o, como mucho cantonales, sin que ello implique la desaparición total de un Estado que seguirá siendo necesario. Su modelo confesado es Suiza. Y, por cierto, que el planteamiento de base de Proudhon se parece mucho a lo que luego la Doctrina Social de la Iglesia llamará "principio de subsidiariedad".

Parece que el traductor español de esta obra es Pi i Margall, uno de los padres del federalismo español, y, si es así (esta edición no se molesta en señalar el nombre del traductor), sus notas son tan jugosas como el texto principal. Realmente interesante. ( )
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A widely read and influential text in its own day, P.-J. Proudhon's Du Principe federatif is now often overlooked by students of federalism. Yet the book's theoretical and general chapters, in the first English translation, can claim to be considered a key text for the history of federalist thinking. Standing at the point of intersection between the anarchist and federalist traditions, they make a passionate case for federalism as the political order which gives the fullest possible expression to liberty - indeed, as the only political order in which liberty can be preserved: 'The twentieth century will open the age of federations, or else humanity will undergo another purgatory of a thousand years.' Proudhon's federal principle is a radically decentralist one, which contrasts sharply with modern pictures of federalism at many points, what Proudhon calls a 'federal' system is what many, today, would regard as the dissolution of such a system. Although it thus stands apart from the mainstream of North American views of federalism, Proudhon's book raises questions which are posed by any federal arrangement. In connecting the federalist ideal with such distinct ends as the dispersal of power, maximum participation, and the maintenance of cultural diversity, it builds significant political tensions into the concept of federalism itself.

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