{"product_id":"9781860466793-secondhand-property-and-freedom","title":"Property And Freedom","description":"One of man s most enduring dreams is of a Utopian society in which all possessions are held in common ownership. As Professor Pipes argues in this book, such a dream has never been translated into reality in the secular world, despite the best efforts of socialist and communist ideologues. Acquisitiveness is deeply embedded in all societies. After establishing a definition of property and reviewing its development as an institution, Pipes pursues his argument in the light of two models of society the British creation of a property-owning democracy based on an assertion of individual rights and the Russian communist experiment of a society in which the individual abdicated to the state a full control over very nearly everything he might have called his own. His book is a powerful argument in favour of his assertion that, While property in some form is possible without freedom, the contrary is inconceivable.","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49027697213659,"sku":"9781860466793-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/970df9a3-a19c-4dce-8bb6-71679e51f80a.jpg?v=1785092213","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781860466793-secondhand-property-and-freedom","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}