Privacy: Studies in Social and Cultural History 0873322665, 087332269X, 9780873322690, 9780873322669, 9781003418832
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Table of contents :
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
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
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