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

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.

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: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9780367330873
• ISBN: 978-0-367-33087-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: 17th Century Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Sociology, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy