''Projet de communauté philosophe'' (translated as ''Project for a Philosophical Community'') is a book written by the
French
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philosopher
Victor d'Hupay
Joseph Alexandre Victor d'Hupay (1746–1818) was a French writer and philosopher. He is known for being perhaps the first writer to use the term ''communism'' in its modern sense. He wished to transform the ideals of the Enlightenment philosopher ...
, published in 1777.
Review
This book can be seen as a cornerstone in the history of
communism, as it describes for the first time how "communists" (people living in a "
commune") should understand this philosophy.
In this work, the author advises to "share all economic and material products between inhabitants of the 'commune', so that all may benefit from everybody's work".
[Cassely, 2016 : ''Aix insolite et secrète'' JonGlez ]
references from the Bibliothèque nationale de France
Later, in a 1785 letter to friend
Restif de la Bretonne
Nicolas Restif de la Bretonne, born Nicolas-Edme Rétif or Nicolas-Edme Restif (; 23 October 1734 – 3 February 1806), also known as Rétif, was a French novelist. The term '' retifism'' for shoe fetishism was named after him (an early nov ...
, d'Hupay would describe himself as a "communist" author.
[Grandjonc Jacques,1983: ''Quelques dates à propos des termes communiste et communisme'' In: Mots, n°7, Octobre 1983 ]
reference on the Persée library
The book was partly written in d'Hupay's own
bastide in
Meyreuil, near
Aix-en-Provence
Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...
, where he was determined to set his own commune and live by the communist philosophy, with neighbours and friends.
Additional information
There is currently only one known public copy of this original edition, which is kept at the Diderot Library in
Lyon.
References
External links
Other works by d'Hupay in the French National Library
{{Portal bar, France, Philosophy, Communism
Philosophical literature
18th-century French literature
Communist books