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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Kley, Roland. Hayek's social and political thought. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994 (OCoLC)621694905 Online version: Kley, Roland. Hayek's social and political thought. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994 (OCoLC)632001323 |
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| Named Person: | Friedrich A von Hayek; Friedrich A von Hayek; Friedrich August Hayek; Friedrich August Hayek |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Roland Kley |
| ISBN: | 0198279167 9780198279167 |
| OCLC Number: | 30155534 |
| Notes: | Revision of thesis (D. Phil.)--Oxford University. |
| Description: | viii, 248 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction: Friedrich A. Hayek's Instrumental Liberalism -- 1. Spontaneous Order, Social Theory, and the Theory of Complex Phenomena -- 2. Spontaneous Economic Order: Individual Adjustment and the Market's Epistemic Role -- 3. Spontaneous Economic Order: Its Rules -- 4. Spontaneous Economic Order: Its Beneficial Nature -- 5. The General Idea of a Spontaneous Social Order -- 6. Tacit Rule-Following -- 7. Cultural Evolution -- 8. Hayek's Project: The Instrumental Justification of the Liberal Market Society -- Conclusion: The Prospects for Comprehensive Instrumental Justification. |
| Responsibility: | Roland Kley. |
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Abstract:
This book examines the work of one of the most controversial figures in recent social and political thought. Revered by some as the most important twentieth century theorist of the free society, Hayek has been reviled by others as a mere reactionary. Impartial throughout, the author offers a clear exposition and balanced assessment, that judges Hayek's theory by its own lights. The author argues that the key to understanding Hayek lies in an appreciation of the proper link between descriptive social science and normative political theory. He probes the idea of a spontaneous order and other notions central to Hayek's thought and concludes that they are unable to provide the 'scientific' foundation Hayek seeks for his liberalism. By drawing out the distinctive character of Hayek's thought, the author presents a new and more accurate picture of this influential social and political theorist.
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- Hayek, Friedrich A. von -- (Friedrich August), -- 1899-1992 -- Political and social views.
- Sociale filosofie.
- Politieke filosofie.
- Hayek, Friedrich A. von
- Politische Philosophie
- Hayek, Friedrich August -- (1899-) -- Contribution à la sociologie.
- Hayek, Friedrich August -- (1899-1992) -- Pensée politique et sociale.

