The Abuse of Property

Daniel Loick, Jacob Blumenfeld

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MIT Press
15 August 2023

Social & political philosophy; Social theory; Politics & government; Political science & theory

A fundamental critique of the current property regime, calling for radical social and political change.

A fundamental critique of the current property regime, calling for radical social and political change.

In The Abuse of Property, Daniel Loick offers a multifaceted philosophical critique of the concept of property, broadly understood. He argues that property should not be the dominant framework in which human beings regulate the use of things, that property is not the same as use. Property rights, in his view, are not conditions of freedom or justice, but deficient, dysfunctional, and harmful ways of interacting with other people and the natural environment. He dissects not only the classic justifications of property (from John Locke's justification of property as a natural right based on individual freedom to Hegel's justification of property as a form of mutual recognition) but also the classic critiques of property, from Proudhon and Marx up to Adorno and Agamben.

Through an innovative critical approach to legal studies, Loick demonstrates how the concept of property, historically applied to things and people and still a linchpin of our distorted relation with the world, forms a direct line from the Occupy movement to Black Lives Matter and beyond.

By: Daniel Loick, Jacob Blumenfeld
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 19
Dimensions: Height: 178mm, Width: 114mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9780262545501
ISBN 10: 0262545500
Pages: 136
Publication Date: 15 August 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Better Squat than Rot ix 1 The Use of Property 1 The Liberal Justification of Property 2 The Ontological Justification of Property 20 2 The Abuse of Property 39 The Social Critique of Property 42 The Ethical Critique of Property 53 The Political Critique of Property 70 Epilogue: Not Being at Home in One's Home 85 Afterword to the English Edition: From Occupy to Abolition 87 Acknowledgments 99 Notes 101

Daniel Loick is Associate Professor in Political and Social Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam. He is the author of A Critique of Sovereignty and other works.