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9781403984258

Liberalism, Conservatism, and Hayek's Idea of Spontaneous Order

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    9781403984258

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  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 10/15/2007
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

The Great Society is Hayek's term for his version of a classical liberal polity based on free-markets, limited government, and the rule of law. Conceived in the struggle against socialism and fascism, the idea of the Great Society can still serve as a model of a free society to set against contemporary regressions into economic populism, ethnic nationalism, fundamentalist theocracy and other forms of what Hayek would not hesitate to call tribalism. The idea of spontaneous order is Hayek's best known contribution to contemporary social science. In Hayek's view, 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. In this sense, the idea of the Great Society and the idea of spontaneous order stand or fall together. The essays in this volume assess these two themes in Hayek's thought. They represent a wide range of intellectual and disciplinary approaches. They are also often sharply critical of various aspects of Hayek's position. But they are united in the conviction that a careful study of his intellectual project can help us to understand, and perhaps even suggest some tentative solutions to, our contemporary social and political dilemmas.

Author Biography

Louis Hunt is Associate Professor in Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy at James Madison College, Michigan State University. 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.  He is the author of Political Economy and Statesmanship; Smith, Hamilton and the Foundation of the Commercial Republic and the editor of The Noblest Minds: Fame, Honor and the American Founding

Table of Contents

Introduction
Governing the Great Society
Fundamental Themes
Unintended Order Explanations in Adam Smith and the Scottish Enlightenment
The Origin and Scope of Hayek’s Idea of Spontaneous Order
Critical Reflections
Knight’s Challenge (to Hayek): Spontaneous Order is Not Enough for Governing a Liberal Society
F. A. Hayek, Michael Oakeshott, and the Concept of Spontaneous Order
Spontaneous Order and the Problem of Religious Revolution
Friedrich Hayek’s Darwinian Conservatism
Social Complexity and Evolved Moral Principles
Culture, Order and Virtue
The Limits of Spontaneous Order: Skeptical Reflections on a Hayekian Theme
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