Contending with Hayek
On Liberalism, Spontaneous Order and the Post-Communist Societies in Transition
Published on 1. January 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
228 pages
978-3-906752-69-3 (ISBN)
Description
The essays presented in this volume are the result of a Friedrich A. Hayek Colloquium that was held in Zurich. Under the auspices of the 'Liberales Institut', a small group of experts were invited to contend with Hayek - to re-examine the main tenets of his philosophy, and to discuss the enduring relevance of his ideas and precepts after the revolutions of 1989. Does Hayek's thought contain guidance for coping with the social, political, and economic challenges of the 1990s?
Reviews / Votes
«Throughout Hayek's ideas receive the thorough and serious exploration they deserve. Wide-ranging and timely, its essays models of scholarship and rigorous argument, Contending with Hayek is a must for liberty-loving scholars, especially students of Hayek and of Austrian economics.» (John Attarian, The Freeman - Ideas on Liberty)More details
Persons
The Editors: Christoph Frei, born 1960, is a research associate at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. His education entailed the study of International Law, International Economic Relations, and Political Science in Switzerland and the United States.
Robert Nef, born 1944, studied Jurisprudence at the Universities of Zurich and Vienna. He has been head of the 'Liberales Institut' in Zurich since 1979, and editor-in-chief of the monthly magazine 'Schweizer Monatshefte' since 1994.
The Contributors: Christoph Frei, Gerhard Schwarz, John Gray, Anthony de Jasay, Gerard Radnitzky, Hardy Bouillon, Roland Kley, Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Kurt R. Leube, Robert Nef, Jörg Peter Baumberger, Detmar Doering, Andreas K. Winterberger, Roland Vaubel.
Robert Nef, born 1944, studied Jurisprudence at the Universities of Zurich and Vienna. He has been head of the 'Liberales Institut' in Zurich since 1979, and editor-in-chief of the monthly magazine 'Schweizer Monatshefte' since 1994.
The Contributors: Christoph Frei, Gerhard Schwarz, John Gray, Anthony de Jasay, Gerard Radnitzky, Hardy Bouillon, Roland Kley, Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Kurt R. Leube, Robert Nef, Jörg Peter Baumberger, Detmar Doering, Andreas K. Winterberger, Roland Vaubel.
Content
Contents: Renouncing the Pretence of Knowledge - On Emergent and Constructed Orders, and Their Wherewithal - The Liberalism of F.A. Hayek and Its Precarious Foundations - Hayek's Ideas as an Action Guide for the Future.