Private and public
Subtitle: individuals, households, and body politic in Locke and Hutcheson
By: Daniela Gobetti.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1992
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
Subjects: Locke, John, 1632-1704.; Hutcheson, Francis, 1694-1746.; Political participation -- Philosophy.; Political science -- Philosophy.; Political sociology.; Sociological jurisprudence.
Other titles: Private & 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-207) and index.
Cover title: Private & public.