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Private and Public

Individuals, Households, and Body Politic in Locke and Hutcheson

Daniela Gobetti author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:12th Aug '19

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Originally published in 1992. This arresting and innovative book combines political theory with the history of political thought to question the conceptual conventions and tacit assumptions which surround the concepts of private and public. In seeking the foundations of the modern liberal conception of private and public, she traces it to modern Natural Law thinkers, in particular Locke and Hutcheson. By developing a revised interpretation of seventeenth-century natural jurisprudence, which recognizes that every adult controls an individual or private domain, as well as engaging in political, community or public interaction, Gobetti raises interesting questions about the politics of participation in modern society.

ISBN: 9780367330859

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 571g

224 pages