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John Locke, Private Property and the Birth of Achieved Celebrity

Rojek, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-0196-8892 (2022). John Locke, Private Property and the Birth of Achieved Celebrity. Cultural Sociology, 16(4), pp. 548-562. doi: 10.1177/17499755211051835

Abstract

This article argues that John Locke’s defence of Natural Rights and private property are prerequisites in the rise of Achieved Celebrity. It addresses how the rights of private property are anterior to taking ‘the ordinary citizen’ as an object of attention capital.

Publication Type: Article
Additional Information: Rojek, C. (2022). John Locke, Private Property and the Birth of Achieved Celebrity. Cultural Sociology. © The Author(s) 2022. DOI: 10.1177/17499755211051835
Publisher Keywords: capital, celebrity, power, property, visibility
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General)
H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Departments: School of Policy & Global Affairs > Sociology & Criminology
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