1st Edition

Public and Private in Social Life

Edited By S. I. Benn, G. F. Gaus Copyright 1983
422 Pages
by Routledge

422 Pages
by Routledge

422 Pages
by Routledge

Conceptions of publicness and privateness structure not only our thinking about society and ourselves, but also, by structuring our institutions and practices, dictate how we act within society. Originally published in 1983, the complexity inherent in the distinction between public and private is explored fully in this book. Opening chapters examine the familiar western liberal understanding of... Read more

Preface.  Introductory.  1. The Public and the Private: Concepts and Action Stanley I. Benn and Gerald F. Gaus  Part I: Public and Private in Western Cultures  2. The Liberal Conception of the Public and the Private Stanley I. Benn and Gerald F. Gaus  3. Public Law – Private Law Alice Erh-Soon Tay and Eugene Kamenka  4. Public Function – Private Action: A Common Law Dilemma Paul Finn  5. Information Control: Availability and Exclusion Ruth Gavison  6. Private Selves and Public Parts Alan Ryan  7. Private and Public Morality: Clean Living and Dirty Hands Stanley I. Benn  8. Private and Public Interests in Liberal Political Economy, Old and New Gerald F. Gaus  9. Public and Private Property Alan Ryan  Part II: Critiques of the Liberal Conception of Public and Private  10. Public and Private Interests: Hegel on Civil Society and the State Anthony S. Walton  11. Public/Private in Marxist Theory and Marxist Practice Eugene Kamenka  12. Feminist Critiques of the Public/Private Dichotomy Carole Pateman  Part III: Public and Private in Non-Liberal Cultures  13. Publicness, Privateness and ‘Primitive Law’ Martin Krygier  14. Privacy in a Mexican Indian Village Leslie K. Haviland and John B. Haviland  15. Classical Greek Conceptions of Public and Private Arlene Saxonhouse.  Notes on Contributors.  Index of Persons.  Index of Subjects.

Biography

S. I. Benn was at the time of original publication Professorial Fellow in Philosophy at the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University, Canberra.

G. F. Gaus was at the time of original publication Assistant Professor of Politics at Wake Forest University, North Carolina, USA.