The politics of property : labour, freedom and belonging /

The concept of property is central to political thought and crucial to understanding the ideas of key political thinkers. This book provides an up-to-date analysis of the idea, taking into account current debates about gender, slavery and colonialism, and introducing property as a contested concept...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brace, Laura
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Property.
Real property.
Right of property.
Liberty.
Freedom
Biens réels.
Droit de propriété.
Liberté.
real estate.
property rights.
freedom.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Property: race, gender and class
  • 2. Locke and Winstanley: land and labour
  • 3. Godwin and Bentham: the shadow of slavry and sweat
  • 4. Hegel and Marx: civil and human society
  • 5. Liberalism
  • 6. Socialism
  • 7. Conservatism
  • 8. Slaveries and property: freedom and belonging
  • 9. Gender and property: mothers of pearl
  • 10. Lost lands: property and postcolonialism.

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