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- An explanation of a concept often used but seldom understood in political discussions
- An integrated approach from evolutionary biology, psychology and philosophy to show how humans and social animals navigate between the private and the social
- A well researched and clear account about the meaning and importance of enjoying a private sphere
Part of the book series: Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture (PSCC, volume 15)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
The non-interference perspective is common when theorizing about the protection of the private life of individuals and their families. However, this accepted way of looking at things, leads our thoughts astray. It fails to do justice to the interests both in being left in peace but at the same time participating in a community together with other people. New methods of communications interception, video and even satellite surveillance allow insight and an entry into personal matters, but they can also be used to satisfy people's need for protection, safety and security in public places. A theory about the respect for the individual's right to a private sphere and its protection ought therefore to incorporate both these interests.
In The Private Sphere it is suggested that an emotional territory, which forms the individual's own sphere of action and experience, has developed in the course of evolution in pace with the individual's conditions of life, brought about by challenges in the natural and social environment. The starting point is the insight that the behaviour of human beings with respect to their privacy reflects in a fundamental way patterns of behaviour among social animals. The emotional territory allows a readiness to act along different lines and to maintain a multiplicity of different social relations.
Authors and Affiliations
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Uppsala University, Sweden
Mats G. Hansson
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Private Sphere
Book Subtitle: An Emotional Territory and Its Agent
Authors: Mats G. Hansson
Series Title: Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6652-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6651-1Published: 28 December 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7690-8Published: 18 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-6652-8Published: 15 November 2007
Series ISSN: 0928-9518
Series E-ISSN: 2215-1753
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 179
Topics: Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Philosophy of Biology