{"product_id":"there-was-no-revolution-reflections-on-property-power-and-the-servile-condition-hardback-9781509567560","title":"There Was No Revolution; Reflections on Property, Power and the Servile Condition (Hardback) 9781509567560","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThere Was No Revolution\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eReflections on Property, Power and the Servile Condition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCatherine Malabou (Author), Carolyn Shread (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509567560, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 27 March 2026\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.8 x 14.5 x 2.3 cm, 0.386 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In this brilliant and original study, Catherine Malabou extends her ongoing research into Pierre-Joseph Proudhon's critique of private property.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJustin Clemens, University of Melbourne\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her new book, Catherine Malabou argues that the French Revolution existed in name only, not in reality – privileges disappeared only on the surface and the old forms of domination persisted in structuring everyday life. And, sure enough, French citizens soon came to ask: \"How is it that we are falling back into the same patterns of privilege and servitude?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn developing this argument, Malabou echoes the conclusion drawn by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, whose work, \u003ci\u003eWhat is Property?\u003c\/i\u003e, written in 1840, claimed that there was no revolution. Proudhon witnessed how, in the aftermath of the French Revolution, feudal relations persisted and monarchy was restored. He connected the persistence of feudalism and servitude to his critique of property. For Proudhon, property is but another name for domination: \"Property is theft,\" he famously declared; by which he meant that private property starts with a theft of memory and meaning that transforms continuous bondage into a promise of emancipation. This marks the specificity of the anarchist critique of property, and it led Proudhon to conclude \"I am an anarchist.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMalabou connects her re-reading of Proudhon's masterpiece with our own political situation today, more than two hundred years after the French Revolution. She examines how the enduring domination that is central to private property infiltrates various aspects of the modern world, from the legacies of colonialism and slavery to work and politics. This timely re-assessment of the relation between property and domination will be of interest to students of philosophy and politics, and to anyone concerned with today's key political questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTranslator's Note\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Aubaine right\u003cbr\u003e\"Property\" and \"private property\"\u003cbr\u003eMarx: defining property as theft presupposes the existence of property\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheft as junction point\u003cbr\u003eProudhon's skeleton key: aubaine right\u003cbr\u003eThe modern meaning of aubaine\u003cbr\u003eThe medieval meaning of aubaine\u003cbr\u003eOn inheritance\u003cbr\u003eChanging lineages\u003cbr\u003eThe finding\u003cbr\u003eThe approach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. Contemporary Critiques of Private Property:\u003cbr\u003eCommons, Colonial Dospossession, Revisiting Anarchism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe neoliberal wall\u003cbr\u003eIs the age of access the end of the means of production?\u003cbr\u003eNo change\u003cbr\u003eThe commons\u003cbr\u003eColonial dispossession\u003cbr\u003eProudhon, yes-but no, not anarchism\u003cbr\u003eBack to Marx\u003cbr\u003eThe \"oxymoron\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. \"Property is Impossible\" (Marx\/Proudhon)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheft as performative act\u003cbr\u003eTen propositions\u003cbr\u003eMarx: from praise to caricature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDisregarding aubaine right\u003cbr\u003eFrom proportionality to disproportionality\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. The Aporias of Primitive Accumulation (Proudhon\/Marx)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarx on theft\u003cbr\u003ePrimitive accumulation and the long transition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKropotkin to Proudhon's rescue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. Timelines of the French Revolution\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContinuities and blackouts\u003cbr\u003eAn erasure saturated with memory\u003cbr\u003eThe theft of something that never existed\u003cbr\u003e\"In their heart\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. Aubains, serfs and bastards: the taint of three tars\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe aubain's servitude\u003cbr\u003e\"Aubenage\", or the serf as aubain: mortmain\u003cbr\u003eBastards are serfs and aubains\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShipwreck right\u003cbr\u003eTars and traces\u003cbr\u003ePhysical mark, symbollic tar\u003cbr\u003eTwo types of forfeiture\u003cbr\u003eFrom the outset\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7. Outsiders and Insiders\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExtraterritoriality and marginality\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSahlins' analysis of the invention of naturalization\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTotality and fragmentation\u003cbr\u003eCerutti's study of the liminal state of property and the uncertainty of the disinherited vulnerability and weak belonging\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBelonging to no one at all\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8. And yet...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9. The Impossible Demarcation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe feudal property system\u003cbr\u003e\"Revolutionary\" property\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe challenges of the Great Demarcation: paying relief, abolishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe failure\u003cbr\u003eProudhon's conclusions\u003cbr\u003ePowerful as the King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10. On Neo-Feudalism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTechno-feudalism\u003cbr\u003eContemporary versions of aubaine right\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11. Examining Self-Government: From \"commons\" to common\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe \"program\"\u003cbr\u003eSelf-management versus self-government\u003cbr\u003eSome definitions\u003cbr\u003eAre Ostram and Proudhon fighting the same battle?\u003cbr\u003eFrom plural (commons) to singular (common)\u003cbr\u003eBest intentions\u003cbr\u003eAntipathy for the principle of authority\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs community everything or nothing?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12. Servitudes: In the land of freedom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Edict of Louis X: \"There are no slaves in France\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn and off French soil\u003cbr\u003eThe dual appropriation of Toussaint Louverture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnthought twice over\u003cbr\u003eServitude, serfdom, slavery. Proudhon's ambivalence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom slavery to servitude: the hesitation of historians\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe historians' cross to bear: relations between ancient slavery and feudal serfdom\u003cbr\u003eTransatlantic slavery denial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCésaire the federalist\u003cbr\u003eBack to \"Theft is property!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13. Anarchies of the Revolution\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnarchy as the internal debate of the Revolution\u003cbr\u003eAnarchy between Revolution and Republic\u003cbr\u003eProperty\u003cbr\u003eEquality\u003cbr\u003eSeparation of powers\u003cbr\u003eSovereignty\u003cbr\u003e    From invective for forming\u003cbr\u003e    From forming to invective\u003cbr\u003e    The difficulties of self-designation\u003cbr\u003e    At the rish of going in circles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441815843096,"sku":"9781509567560","price":45.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509567560.jpg?v=1785027112","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/there-was-no-revolution-reflections-on-property-power-and-the-servile-condition-hardback-9781509567560","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}