Private and Public - Individuals, Households, and Body Politic in Locke and Hutcheson

Originally published in 1992. This book questions the conceptual conventions and tacit assumptions which surround the concepts of private and public. Developing a revised interpretation of seventeenth-century natural jurisprudence, it raises interesting questions about the politics of participation in modern society.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Domestic Society/Political Society 2. Patriarchalism 3. Private/Public 4. A New Public. Conclusion

About the author

Gobetti, Daniela

Summary

Originally published in 1992. This book questions the conceptual conventions and tacit assumptions which surround the concepts of private and public. Developing a revised interpretation of seventeenth-century natural jurisprudence, it raises interesting questions about the politics of participation in modern society.

Product details

• Authors: Daniela Gobetti
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9780367330859
• ISBN: 978-0-367-33085-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: 17th Century Philosophy; Routledge Library Editions: 17th Century Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Sociology, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy