{"product_id":"the-prehistory-of-private-property-implications-for-modern-political-theory-paperback","title":"The Prehistory of Private Property: Implications for Modern Political Theory - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKarl Widerquist\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGrant S. McCall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamining the origin and development of the private property rights system from prehistory to the present day This 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. Karl Widerquist is Professor of political philosophy at SFS-Qatar, Georgetown University. Grant S. McCall is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Tulane University and Executive Director of the Center for Human-Environmental Research.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKarl Widerquist is Professor of Political Philosophy at SFS-Qatar, Georgetown University. He is co-editor of \u003ci\u003ePrehistoric Myths in Modern Political Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e(with Grant S. McCall, Edinburgh University Press, 2017), \u003ci\u003eBasic Income: An Anthology of Contemporary Research\u003c\/i\u003e (with Yannick Vanderborght, Jose Noguera, and Jurgen De Wispelaere, Wiley-Blackwell, 2013), \u003ci\u003eExporting the Alaska Model: Adapting the Permanent Fund Dividend for Reform around the World\u003c\/i\u003e (with Michael W. Howard, Palgrave-MacMillan, 2012), \u003ci\u003eThe Ethics and Economics of the Basic Income Guarantee\u003c\/i\u003e (with Michael Anthony Lewis and Steven Pressman, Ashgate, 2005) and co-author of \u003ci\u003eEconomics for Social Workers: The Application of Economic Theory to Social Policy and the Human Services\u003c\/i\u003e (with Michael Anthony Lewis, Columbia University Press, 2002). He was a founding editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eBasic Income Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, and he has published dozens of scholarly articles. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrant S. McCall is Associate Professor in Anthropology at Tulane University, as well as the director of the Center for Human-Environmental Research, a New Orleans-based nonprofit research institute aimed at exploring and improving human responses to environmental change. His publications include \u003ci\u003ePrehistoric Myth and Modern Political Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e (co-editor with Karl Widequist, Edinburgh University Press, 2017), \u003ci\u003eStrategies for Quantitative Research: Archaeology by Numbers\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, 2018) and \u003ci\u003eGlobal Perspectives on Lithic Technologies in Complex Societies\u003c\/i\u003e (co-editor with Rachel Horowitz, University of Colorado Press, 2019).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 05, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42119712243847,"sku":"9781474447430","price":63.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/909de3ec89e329a3ad9aae8fae5cd13a.webp?v=1732542670","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-prehistory-of-private-property-implications-for-modern-political-theory-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}