Booklaunch "Havings"

With comments by Jan Dirk Harke and Amelie Stuart, chair Susanne Lettow.

This event will take place online. Please join us via this link.

About the book:

Exploring the economic, sociological, and philosophical implications of property, this book aims to overcome the conceptual and ideological limitations inherited from 19th-century debates and legal developments. It introduces a new conceptual framework that substitutes the term »property« with the terms »having« and the neologism »havings«, analyzed through two dimensions: the action modes of having (appropriation, recognition, and assignment) and the structural modes of havings (possession, ownership, and property). After presenting two case studies, the final chapter outlines a new economic system that moves beyond the polarity of capitalism and socialism, grounded in the multidimensionality of having. The study addresses a wider audience in economics, social sciences, philosophy, and jurisprudence.

This monograph was published as part of our publication series "Structural change of property" with Campus. You can view this book open access here.