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Liberalism, Conservatism, and Hayek's Idea of Spontaneous Order
McNamara, P.; Hunt, L.
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Description for Liberalism, Conservatism, and Hayek's Idea of Spontaneous Order
Paperback. For Hayek, spontaneous order - the emergence of complex order as the unintended consequence of individual actions that have no such end in view - is both the origin of the Great Society and its underlying principle. These sometimes critical essays assess Hayek's position and argue that his work can inform contemporary social and political dilemmas. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPS; KCA; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 315.
For Hayek, spontaneous order - the emergence of complex order as the unintended consequence of individual actions that have no such end in view - is both the origin of the Great Society and its underlying principle. These sometimes critical essays assess Hayek's position and argue that his work can inform contemporary social and political dilemmas.
For Hayek, spontaneous order - the emergence of complex order as the unintended consequence of individual actions that have no such end in view - is both the origin of the Great Society and its underlying principle. These sometimes critical essays assess Hayek's position and argue that his work can inform contemporary social and political dilemmas.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349539772
SKU
V9781349539772
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99-15
About McNamara, P.; Hunt, L.
LOUIS HUNT is Associate Professor in Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy at James Madison College, Michigan State University, USA. His research and publications deal with Kantian and Hegelian political philosophy, the Scottish Enlightenment, and the problems of modern civil society. PETER MCNAMARA teaches political science at Utah State University, USA. He is the author of Political Economy and ... Read more
Reviews for Liberalism, Conservatism, and Hayek's Idea of Spontaneous Order
"This is a great introduction to the thought of Friedrich Hayek. Collections of essays on a single author are rarely this good. Hayek is measured both against his greatest predecessors (David Hume, Adam Smith) and against developments going on now in the sciences of biology, economics, and political theory. I believe that any reader - whatever his previous exposure to ... Read more