ABSTRACT
So far, this book has considered what might be seen by some to be a frustratingly narrow range of critical approaches to property. Each chapter has emphasised a particular aspect of property – meanings, histories, and theories – and attempted to draw from this basis some key critical thoughts or approaches. Taking a broadly defined idea of critique so that it refers equally to immanent and social critiques, the book has ranged over feminism, postmodernism, postcolonialism, critiques of race, and other approaches. But the focus has been, fairly unwaveringly, on the notion of property as a legal, political, and cultural construct: despite the critique, I have rarely considered views which provide alternatives to private property or which try to envision it in a more inclusive way.
