{"product_id":"the-political-theory-of-possessive-individualism-hobbes-to-locke-wynford-books-0195444019","title":"The Political Theory of Possessive Individualism: Hobbes to Locke (Wynford Books)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0195444019\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Macpherson, C.B.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis seminal work by political philosopher C.B. Macpherson was first published by the Clarendon Press in 1962, and remains of key importance to the study of liberal-democratic theory half-a-century later. In it, Macpherson argues that the chief difficulty of the notion of individualism that underpins classical liberalism lies in what he calls its \"possessive quality\"--\"its conception of the individual as essentially the proprietor of his own person or capacities, owing nothing to society for them.\" Under such a conception, the essence of humanity becomes freedom from dependence on the wills of others; society is little more than a system of economic relations; and political society becomes a means of safeguarding private property and the system of economic relations rooted in property.As the New Statesman declared: \"It is rare for a book to change the intellectual landscape. It is even more unusual for this to happen when the subject is one that has been thoroughly investigated by generations of historians. . . Until the appearance of Professor Macpherson's book, it seemed unlikely that anything radically new could be said about so well-worn a topic. The unexpected has happened, and the shock waves are still being absorbed.\"A new introduction by Frank Cunningham puts the work in a twenty-first-century context.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51666776785184,"sku":"NEW0195444019","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/610MPEadM2L.jpg?v=1778948113","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-political-theory-of-possessive-individualism-hobbes-to-locke-wynford-books-0195444019","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}