Property and Freedom (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Richard Pipes
- First Published: 1999
- Type of Work: History
- Genres: Nonfiction, History
- Subjects: Freedom, Philosophy or philosophers, England or English people, Political science, Kings, queens, or royalty, Property, Greek or Roman times, Russia or Russian people, Czars, Taxation
Richard Pipes has written almost exclusively on various aspects of Russian history over a period of thirty-five years, and Property and Freedom is not altogether a change of pace. In composing it, this longtime Harvard University professor has drawn on the insights gained in his area of specialization. Furthermore, the thesis of the book has been prefigured in several of his earlier works. It is a paradoxical thesis: While individual ownership of property can occur without personal liberty, freedom cannot exist without property. This is true, the author insists, whether the...
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