01308nam a22002297a 4500 20220505143306.0 220505b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 1860466796 AL English 23 323.46 PIPP Richard Pipes 34137 Property And Freedom London The Harvill Press 1999 xvi,328 p. HB 24x16 cm. One of the most enduring dreams is of a Utopian society in which all possessions are held in common ownership, and there is never a quarrel over "mine" and "thine". 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 ingrained in all living creatures and all societies for both economic and psychological reasons. Where there are no guarantees of property there are no limits to state authority and no regulatory bodies of law, and hence no guarantee of individual liberty, or "civil rights". Herein lies the crux of the author's argument. Right of property--History 34138 Property--History 34139 Liberty--History 34140 PIPES (Richard) 34141 ddc GF 222791 222791 0 0 ddc 0 0 PS AL AL 2013-03-24 0 323.46 PIPP GF03080 2022-05-05 00:00:00 2022-05-05 GF