{"product_id":"the-prehistory-of-private-property-karl-widerquist-9781474447430","title":"The Prehistory of Private Property: Implications for Modern Political Theory","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book debunks three false claims commonly accepted by contemporary political philosophers regarding property systems: that inequality is natural, inevitable, or incompatible with freedom; that capitalism is more consistent with negative freedom than any other conceivable economic system; and that the normative principles of appropriation and voluntary transfer applied in the world in which we live support a capitalist system with strong, individualist and unequal private property rights. The authors review the history of the use and importance of these claims in philosophy, and use thorough anthropological and historical evidence to refute them. They show that societies with common-property systems maintaining strong equality and extensive freedom were initially nearly ubiquitous around the world, and that the private property rights system was established through a long series of violent state-sponsored aggressions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karl Widerquist, Grant S. McCall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474447430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474447430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d","brand":"Karl Widerquist","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44075709202687,"sku":"9781474447430","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4b40fc2e-803b-46c7-85b4-811dad1463b6.jpg?v=1685460976","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-prehistory-of-private-property-karl-widerquist-9781474447430","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}