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HAYEK IBD

PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
12 / 2018
9783030068479
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Sinopsis

This latest volume in the Collaborative Biography of Hayek examines the interconnectednessábetween HayekâÇÖs (1944) The Road to Serfdom and George OrwellâÇÖs Animal Farm (1945) andáNineteen Eighty-Four (1949), his relationship with Karl Popper and Karl Polanyi, and the workáof Wilhelm von Humboldt. Mises had a âÇÖdeep emotional attachmentâÇÖ to the âÇÖfreeâÇÖ market andáHayek believed that âÇÖscienceâÇÖ was driven by shallow emotions.Hayek believed in âÇÖdemocracy as a system of peaceful change of government, but thatâÇÖs alláits whole advantage is, no other.âÇÖ He felt democracy simply made it possible to get rid of theágovernment âÇÖweâÇÖ dislike. Hayek bemoaned the decay of superstition - the âÇÖsupporting moralábeliefsâÇÖ - that are required to maintain âÇÖourâÇÖ civilization. Yet his Road to Serfdom neglectedáâÇÖanother road to serfdomâÇÖ - the possibility that there were multiple threats to individualáfreedom - not just State power. In contrast, many other scholars and public intellectual warnedáof the dangers of the concentration of power in institutions other than the State. Today thoseáfears have materialized in the guise of wealthy mega-corporations and billionaires whoseáinfluence on government, on elections, on popular culture and on the dominant ideology, haveábeen able to change the rules of the market in their favour - so that âÇÖweâÇÖ have now becomeátrapped in a new kind of serfdom. With contributions from a range of highly regarded scholars,áthis volume continues the BiographyâÇÖs rich exploration of HayekâÇÖs work and beliefs.