Private and public

Description:

In this arresting and innovative book, Gobetti 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.

subjects: Philosophy,  Political participation,  Political science,  Political sociology,  Sociological jurisprudence,  Locke, john, 1632-1704,  Hutcheson, francis, 1694-1746,  Political science, philosophy,  Contributions in political science,  Contribution à la science politique,  Participation politique,  Philosophie,  Sociologie politique,  Sociologie juridique,  Political,  Politieke theorie,  Openbaar leven,  Persoonlijke levenssfeer,  Politieke sociologie,  Politieke participatie,  Philosophie politique,  Vie privée

People: Francis Hutcheson (1694-1746),  John Locke (1632-1704)