Karl Widerquist Grant McCall The Prehistory of Private Property (Hardback)
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Further Details Title: The Prehistory of Private Property Condition: New Subtitle: Implications for Modern Political Theory EAN: 9781474447423 ISBN: 9781474447423 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press Format: Hardback Release Date: 02/28/2021 Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Item Height: 234mm Item Length: 156mm Author: Karl Widerquist, Grant McCall Genre: Science Nature & Math Topic: Law & Politics Description: This book debunks three false claims commonly accepted by contemporary political philosophers regarding property systems: that inequality is natural, inevitable, or incompatible with freedom; that capitalism is more consistent with negative freedom than any other conceivable economic system; and that the normative principles of appropriation and voluntary transfer applied in the world in which we live support a capitalist system with strong, individualist and unequal private property rights. The authors review the history of the use and importance of these claims in philosophy, and use thorough anthropological and historical evidence to refute them. They show that societies with common-property systems maintaining strong equality and extensive freedom were initially nearly ubiquitous around the world, and that the private property rights system was established through a long series of violent state-sponsored aggressions. Release Year: 2021 Missing Information? Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
