Fundamental but not eternal
The public-private distinction, from normative projects to cognitive grid in Western political thought
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5724422 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Haldén (0000-0002-5711-4354, Uppsala University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 211-223 |
| Publication date | 2013-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Small Wars and Insurgencies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-2318 • E-ISSN: 1743-9558 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09592318.2013.778020 |
| OpenAlex | W2071274033 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 11 |
Although the public–private distinction is a historical construction it has been deeply internalized and taken for granted in Western ways of thinking about society and politics. Therefore, we often apply it uncritically as a way to categorizing and coding non-Western societies. Doing so unreflectively may distort our observations as well as policies of state- and peacebuilding. I outline the history of the public–private distinction by emphasizing its role in state-formation processes. This distinction was essential to the formation of the state and society as distinct categories. Indeed, it was and is a pre-condition of the autonomy of the state
Autonomy · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Law and economics · Normative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Political Theory and Influence · Religion and Society Interactions · Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought
| Citations per year | 0.31 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2023 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |