Theonlydrawbacktothismethodisthatwhenhecomestoexamineasingleoneofthesephases,M。Proudhoncannotexplainitwithouthavingrecoursetoalltheotherrelationsofsociety;whichrelations,however,hehasnotyetmadehisdialecticmovementengender。When,afterthat,M。Proudhon,bemeansofpurereason,proceedstogivebirthtotheseotherphases,hetreatsthemasiftheywerenew—bornbabes。Heforgetsthattheyareofthesameageasthefirst。
Thus,toarriveattheconstitutionofvalue,whichforhimisthebasisofalleconomicevolutions,hecouldnotdowithoutdivisionoflabor,competition,etc。Yetintheseries,intheunderstandofM。
Proudhon,inthelogicalsequence,theserelationsdidnotexist。
Inconstructingtheedificeofanideologicalsystembymeansofthecategoriesofpoliticaleconomy,thelimbsofthesocialsystemaredislocated。Thedifferentlimbsofsocietyareconvertedintosomanyseparatesocieties,followingoneupontheother。How,indeed,couldthesinglelogicalformulaofmovement,ofsequence,oftime,explainthestructureofsociety,inwhichallrelationscoexistsimultaneouslyandsupportoneanother?
FourthObservationLetusseenowtowhatmodificationsM。ProudhonsubjectsHegel’sdialecticswhenheappliesittopoliticaleconomy。