In Discourse on Inequality (1755), Jean-Jacques Rousseau states that ‘the cultivation of the earth necessarily brought about its distribution; and property, once recognised, gave rise to the first rules of justice; [...] a new kind of right: that is to say, the right of property, which is different from the right deducible from the law of nature.’ Therefore, in Western modernity, man-made law was introduced in a violent way. ‘Defined’ space is the result of complex power relations, and rights are never distributed equally during the parcellation of land, its allocation among individuals or groups and the regulation of communication between shareholders.

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