social philosophy

social philosophy
The attempt to understand and to chart the basic categories with which to think about the social aspects of human life. Topics given separate discussions include anarchism, authority, class (social), exploitation, holism, individualism, law, philosophy of, liberalism, Marxism, power (social), property, rights.

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