PROPERTY FOR PEOPLE, NOT FOR PROFIT: ALTERNATIVES TO THE GLOBAL TYRANNY OF CAPITAL; TRANS. BY ELAINE GRIFFITHS

The issue of private property and the rights it confers remain almost undiscussed in critiques of globalization and free market economics. Yet property lies at the heart of an economic system geared to profit maximization. The authors describe the historically specific and self-consciously explicit manner in which it emerged. They trace this history from earliest historical times and show how, in the hands of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke in particular, the notion of private property took on its absolutist nature and most extreme form--a form which neoliberal economics is now imposing on humanity worldwide through the pressures of globalization. They argue that avoiding the destruction of people's ways of living and of nature requires reshaping our notions of private property. It also examines the practical ways for social and ecumenical movements to press for alternatives. Absolute Property Creates Poverty, Debts And Slavery: The Origin Of The Property Economy In Antiquity And Biblical Alternatives -- Homo Homini Lupus: The Emergence Of The Capitalist Possessive Market Society In The Modern Age -- The Case Of John Locke: The Inversion Of Human Rights In The Name Of Bourgeois Property -- The Total Market: How Globalised Capitalism Is Eliminating The Commitment To Sustain Life -- The Fall Of The Towers: The Absolute Empire--the Implementation Of The Total Market -- It Is Life-enhancing Production That Must Grow, Not Capitalist Property--latin American Approaches To A Renewed Dependency Theory -- Another World Is Possible: Rebuilding The System Of Ownership From Below From The Perspective Of Life And The Common Good -- God Or Mammon? A Confessional Issue For The Churches In The Context Of Social Movements. Ulrich Duchrow & Franz J. Hinkelammert ; Translated By Elaine Griffiths ... [et Al. ; Foreword By Konrad Raiser]. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [229]-235) And Index. The issue of private property and the rights it confers remain almost undiscussed in critiques of globalization and free market economics. Yet property lies at the heart of an economic system geared to profit maximization. The authors describe the historically specific and self-consciously explicit manner in which it emerged. They trace this history from earliest historical times and show how, in the hands of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke in particular, the notion of private property took on its absolutist nature and most extreme form--a form which neoliberal economics is now imposing on humanity worldwide through the pressures of globalization. The authors argue that avoiding the destruction of people's ways of living and of nature requires reshaping our notions of private property. It also examines the practical ways for social and ecumenical movements to press for alternatives The issue of private property and the rights it confers remain almost undiscussed in critiques of globalization and free market economics. Yet property lies at the heart of an economic system geared to profit maximization. The authors describe the historically specific and self-consciously explicit manner in which it emerged. They trace this history from earliest historical times and show how, in the hands of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke in particular, the notion of private property took on its absolutist nature and most extreme form - a form which neoliberal economics is now imposing on humanity worldwide through the pressures of globalization. They argue that avoiding the destruction of people's ways of living and of Nature requires reshaping our notions of private property. They look at practical ways for social and ecumenical movements to press for alternatives. Absolute property creates poverty, debts and slavery : the origin of the property economy in antiquity and biblical alternatives -- Homo homini lupus : the emergence of the capitalist possessive market society in the modern age -- The case of John Locke : the inversion of human rights in the name of bourgeois property -- The total market : how globalised capitalism is eliminating the commitment to sustain life -- The fall of the Twin Towers : the enforcement of the total market through the absolute empire -- It is life-enhancing production which must grow, not capitalist property : Latin American approaches to a renewed dependency theory -- Another world is possible : rebuilding the system of ownership from below from the perspective of life and the common good -- God or Mammon? : a confessional issue for the churches in the context of social movements The issue of private property and the rights it confers remain almost undiscussed in critiques of globalization and free market economics. Yet property lies at the heart of an economic system geared to profit maximization. This text describes the specific specific & self-consciously explicit manner in which it emerged The issue of private property and the rights it confers remains almost undiscussed in critiques of globalization and free market economics. Yet property lies at the heart of an economic system geared to profit maximization. This text describes the specific and self-consciously explicit manner in which it emerged.