书目名称 | Hayek: A Collaborative Biography |
副标题 | Part XIV: Liberalism |
编辑 | Robert Leeson |
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概述 | A fresh look at the life and works of Hayek.Extensive use of archival material.An in-depth look on how economic theory is conceived |
丛书名称 | Archival Insights into the Evolution of Economics |
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描述 | This latest volume in the Collaborative Biography of Hayek examines the interconnectedness between Hayek’s (1944) .The Road to Serfdom. and George Orwell’s .Animal Farm. (1945) and .Nineteen Eighty-Four. (1949); his relationship with Karl Popper and Karl Polanyi; and the work of Wilhelm von Humboldt. Mises had a ‘deep emotional attachment’ to the ‘free’ market and Hayek believed that ‘science’ was driven by shallow emotions..Hayek believed in ‘democracy as a system of peaceful change of government; but that’s all its whole advantage is, no other.’ He felt democracy simply made it possible to get rid of the government ‘we’ dislike. Hayek bemoaned the decay of superstition — the ‘supporting moral beliefs’ – that are required to maintain ‘our’ civilization. Yet his Road to Serfdom neglected ‘another road to serfdom’ – the possibility that there were multiple threats to individual freedom –not just State power. In contrast, many other scholars and public intellectual warned of the dangers of the concentration of power in institutions other than the State. Today those fears have materialized in the guise of wealthy mega-corporations and billionaires whose influence on government, on ele |
出版日期 | Book 2018 |
关键词 | Orwell; Hayek; Popper; Humboldt; Polanyi; Liberalism; The Road to Serfdom; The role of the State; Ordo-liber |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94412-8 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-06847-9 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-94412-8Series ISSN 2662-6195 Series E-ISSN 2662-6209 |
issn_series | 2662-6195 |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |