CHAPTER II The Public and the Private Realm [1]
Contents
There are four more sections in the chapter, and these constitute the next reading: 7 the public realm: the common; 8 the private realm: property; 9 the social and the private; 10 the location of human activities.
Beşiktaş, February 15, 2022
Oku = “Read” (second-person singular imperative)
History and law
A significant passage in this reading lies on page 42 (¶ 6.9):
… the significance of a historical period shows itself only in the few events that illuminate it. The application of the law of large numbers and long periods to politics or history signifies nothing less than the wilful obliteration of their very subject matter.
My post “Law and History” took up something like this argument. Continue reading