European University Institute Library

The politics of property, labour, freedom and belonging, Laura Brace

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-246) and index

index present

non fiction

The politics of property

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Laura Brace

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 in debates between thinkers, across ideologies and in political practice. Analysing key debates in the history of the idea of property, the book illustrates the ways in which the concept has informed the development of liberalism, socialism and conservatism. In addition, case studies show the intrinsic links between property as a political concept and issues of gender, race and class, grounding the theoretical work in real-life scenarios. Considering the relationship between property and power from a novel viewpoint, Laura Brace synthesises thinking from liberal and non-liberal traditions, feminist critique, critical race theory and postcolonialism. The book offers an introduction to modern political theory and to key political thinkers as well as to the particular concept of property and will be essential reading in a key area of politics, political philosophy and the history of political thought.--, Provided by publisher

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