Exploring the Political Economy and Social Philosophy of F. A. Hayek (Economy, Polity, and Society) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1786605643 ISBN 13: 9781786605641

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2018

Synopsis

This volume critically explore and extend Hayek’s Nobel Prize-winning work on knowledge and social interconnectedness.

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About the Author

Peter J. Boettke is Professor at George Mason University.

Jayme Lemke is a Senior Research Fellow and Associate Director of Academic and Student
Programs at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and a Senior Fellow in the F.A. Hayek
Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.

Virgil Storr is Research Associate Professor of Economics and Senior Fellow, F.A. Hayek Program for
Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics & Economics, George Mason University.

Review

Edited by three major contributors to the modern literatures of public choice and Austrian economics, Exploring the Political Economy and Social Philosophy of F. A. Hayek comprises a wide-ranging set of essays applying classical liberal thinking across the social sciences, from immigration to rights claims, presenting ideas that are indispensable in today’s world of closed minds and closing borders. (William F. Shughart II, J. Fish Smith Professor in Public Choice, Utah State University)

Friedrich Hayek was one of the most insightful social scientists of the twentieth century. This volume shows the continuing relevance of Hayek’s ideas by using them as a foundation for exploring a variety of topics from a Hayekian perspective. These essays provide readers with an increased appreciation for Hayek’s intellectual contributions and insight into a variety of economic, legal and social institutions.
(Randall G. Holcombe, DeVoe Moore Professor of Economics, Florida State University)

This diverse and insightful collection represents the very best of contemporary Hayekian scholarship. The breadth of research is astounding and provides a fitting testimony to the multidisciplinary relevance of Hayek's career. Anyone in the social sciences and humanities will find insights and incitement for future work exploring how individuals engage with emergent orders to coordinate their activities. (Anthony J. Evans, ESCP Europe Business School)

Hayek warned that “the economist who is only an economist is likely to become a nuisance if not a positive danger.” That sentiment animates this excellent collection of essays by emerging scholars applying, analyzing, and refining Hayekian ideas from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives. There is something here for every scholar in social science, history, and political philosophy. (Adam Martin, Political Economy Research Fellow, Free Market Institute, Texas Tech University)

Offers an insightful set of highly readable essays applying and extending Hayek's thought to history, politics, law, political philosophy, and even food anthropology. This edited volume offers a fascinating read with lots of interesting examples to anyone working in the Austrian tradition and beyond. (Diana W. Thomas, Associate Professor of Economics, Creighton University)

[The book] is an ambitious project that showcases the work of a group of young scholars who creatively apply Hayek’s thinking about knowledge, law, and spontaneous order to political and social problems in ways that he had never imagined. (CHOICE)

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1786605643
• ISBN 13: 9781786605641
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Boettke Peter J., Lemke Jayme, Storr Virgil Henry