Privacy: Studies in Social and Cultural History: Studies in Social and Cultural History

This title was first published in 1984. Focusing on Brazil, this text covers issues such as: the legacy of colour; social realities; and diversions and assertive behaviour. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Dedication Contents Preface and Acknowledgments CHAPTER 1 ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES Privacy, anger, and dependence: Notes on an Eskimo community The origins of the public Retreat to and escape from intimacy Human physiology and privacy The need for privacy and some alternatives CHAPTER 2 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE IN CLASSICAL ATHENS The terms public and private Membership in the polis Obligations to the polis Obligations on the polis Political participation and debate Law and rule-making Public and private responses to crime Private life in theory and practice The family, human biology, and the public Moral autonomy Personal morality and public office Friendship and privacy CHAPTER 3 PRIVACY, PROPHECY, AND POLITICS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT Introduction The character of Yahweh The growth of public authority Monarchy and prophecy Sin and the individual Religious purity and intimate affairs Official attitudes toward sexuality The theme of loneliness Individual defenses against society among ancient Greeks and Hebrews CHAPTER 4 ANCIENT CHINESE CONCEPTIONS OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE Preliminary remarks Early distinctions between public and private Obligations to the ruler and on the ruler The right of remonstrance Perceptions of the common people Intimate relationships CHAPTER 5 SOME IMPLICATIONS AND INQUIRIES NOTES SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX Chap. 3. Privacy, Prophecy, And Politics In The Old Testament. Barrington Moore, Jr. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 312-318.