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POSSESSIVE INDIVIDUALISM [1 record]

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Record 1 2024-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Political Theories and Doctrines
  • Economic and Industrial Sociology
  • Anthropology
  • Philosophy (General)
CONT

"Possessive individualism" is a "conception of the individual as essentially the proprietor of his own person or capacities, owing nothing to society for them ..."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et doctrines politiques
  • Sociologie économique et industrielle
  • Anthropologie
  • Philosophie (Généralités)
CONT

[La thèse du] concept d'individualisme possessif [...] postule que «l'individu est naturellement propriétaire de lui-même et [que] l'État a pour fonction de garantir cette propriété» [...]

Spanish

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