Political Science · Comparative Political Analysis
The idea of 'possessive individualism' is given by:
AHannah Arendt
BC.B. Macpherson ✓ Correct
CKarl Popper
DNone of the above
Correct answer: (B) C.B. Macpherson — C.B. Macpherson gave the idea of possessive individualism, so the answer is C.B. Macpherson.
Explanation
★C.B. Macpherson gave the idea of possessive individualism, so the answer is C.B. Macpherson.
★It describes a view in which a person is essentially the owner of himself and his capacities.
★On this view the individual owes nothing to society for them.
★Macpherson traced this idea in Hobbes and Locke and tied it to market society.
★He criticised it for reducing freedom to ownership and exchange.
★So possessive individualism is Macpherson's critical concept.
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