Property

<p>This critique of property examines its classical conception: addressing its ontology and history as well as considering its symbolic aspects and connection to social relations of power.</p><p>It is organized around three themes:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>the ways in which concepts of property are symbolically and practically connected to relations of power</li> <li>the 'objects' of property in changing contexts of materialism</li> <li>challenges to the Western idea of property posed by colonial and post-colonial contexts such as the disempowerment through property of whole cultures the justifications for colonial expansion and bio piracy.</li> </ul><p>Dealing with the symbolism of property its history traditional philosophical accounts and cultural difference Margaret Davis has written an invaluable volume for all law students interested in property law. </p>