{"product_id":"law-of-freedom-in-a-gerrard-winstanley-9781849028592","title":"Law of Freedom in a Platform, or True Magistracy Restored and the True Levellers Standard Advanced (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"In the beginning of Time, the great Creator Reason, made the Earth to be a Common Treasury, to preserve Beasts, Birds, Fishes, and Man, the lord that was to govern this Creation; for Man had Domination given to him, over the Beasts, Birds, and Fishes; but not one word was spoken in the beginning, That one branch of mankind should rule over another.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e -- Gerrard Winstanley\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGerrard Winstanley\u003c\/strong\u003e, (1609-1676) was the leader of a agrarian socialist community known as the Diggers, who in 1649-50 cultivated common land on St. George's Hill, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. He was opposed to the enclosure of land, and to hierarchical power structures. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrue Levellers Standard Advanced\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Winstanley presents his philosophy; a key element is that the Earth is the common treasury of all people, and that no group naturally ruled over another. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Law of Freedom in a Platform\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (1652) is his outline of a communist society. He is remembered more for his thought and writing than the immediate impact of his actions. He is often called the first socialist or the first anarchist. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gerrard Winstanley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1849028591\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781849028592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Benediction Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/11\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Gerrard Winstanley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44077627080959,"sku":"9781849028592","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f7ef625b-4c27-42af-95a6-f0c9aeae4568.jpg?v=1685470960","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/law-of-freedom-in-a-gerrard-winstanley-9781849028592","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}