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Garnsey, Peter.

Thinking about property : From antiquity to the age of revolution / Peter Garnsey. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007. - x, 267 p. ; 23 cm. - Ideas in context ; 90 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-261) and index.

Introduction; 1. Plato's 'communism', Aristotle's critique and Proclus' response; 2. Plato's 'communism': from late antiquity via Islamic Spain to the Renaissance; 3. Renunciation and communality: thinking through the primitive Church; 4. The poverty of Christ: crises of asceticism from the Pelagians to the Franciscans; 5. The state of nature and the origin of private property: Hesiod to William of Ockham; 6. The state of nature and the origin of private property: Grotius to Hegel; 7. Property as a legal right; 8. Property as a human right; Conclusion.

ISBN: 9780521876773 (hbk.) 052187677X (hbk.) 9780521700238 (pbk.) 052170023X (pbk.)

LCCN: 2008273356

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA768778 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013829005 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Right of property--History.
Property--Philosophy--History.
Property--Religious aspects.
Personal property.
Personal property--Moral and ethical aspects.

LC Class. No.: HB701 / .G268 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 330.1701 GAR