Popper, Hayek and the Open Society

Informationen zum Autor Calvin Hayes is Professor at Brock University in Ontario, Canada and the author of Fallibilism, Democracy and the Market . Many of the works of Hayek and Popper are published as Routledge Classics. Klappentext This book compares Karl Popper and Friedrich Hayek systematically and critically assessing their contribution to the political philosophy of the Open Society and is controversial in that they are defended in areas where they are usually criticized. Zusammenfassung This book compares Karl Popper and Friedrich Hayek systematically and critically assessing their contribution to the political philosophy of the Open Society and is controversial in that they are defended in areas where they are usually criticized. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents, Preface, Introduction, PART I Popper, Hayek, Modernity and Ideology , 1 Popper, Hayek, and The Grand Narrative of Modernity, 2 Ideology, Ideals, and Political Philosophy, PART II The Epistemology/Ethics Enigma , 3 Popper in the Weimar Era (1919-1933), 4 The Refutation of Positivism and Socialism, 5 The Open Society and the Road to ‘The Road to Serfdom’, PART III From Epistemology and Methodology to Ethics and Meta-ethics , 6 Historicism, Scientism, and Collectivism,7 Accentuating the Negative: Utility and Rights, 8 Is "Liberal Utopia" an Oxymoron?, Part IV The Achilles Heel of the Popper Hayek Theory and how to Heal it, 9 The Achilles Heel: Max Weber's quasi-positivism, 10 Relativism, Skepticism, and "The Enlightenment Project", 11 Evolutionary Ethics, Darwinism, and the Naturalistic Fallacy, Part V Liberal Individualism, the Enlightenment Project, Justice, and the Open Society , 12 MacIntyre on Virtue, Tradition, and Reason, 13 Whose Justice? Which Rationality?, 14 Virtue, Tradition, Justice, and the Enlightenment Project, 15 Liberty, Equality, Modernity ...

Product details

• Authors: Calvin Hayes, Calvin (Brock University Hayes, Hayes Calvin
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.09.2008
• EAN: 9780415772891
• ISBN: 978-0-415-77289-1
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy; Routledge Frontiers of Politic; Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, Economic history, Economic theory & philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -, Economic theory and philosophy