FriedrichAugust vonHayek's draft biography of Ludwig Wittgenstein: the text and its history.Christian E. Erbacher,Allan Janik &Friedrich A. vonHayek (eds.) -2019 - Paderborn: Mentis.detailsEvery student of the twentieth century has heard both of the great Viennese economistFriedrich vonHayek and of the equally great philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. But what isn't well known is that the two were distant cousins and that, shortly after Wittgenstein's death in 1951,Hayek set out to write a biography of his cousin. The project was derailed by Wittgenstein family members, who felt it was to soon to publish such a work - especially one like (...)Hayek's, so candid about his cousin's difficulties and depressions. ButHayek's draft acquired an underground readership, and Wittgensteins biographers have used it extensively. Here finally, is the text of that work itself - a true goldmine in being one great thinker's view of another, whom he knew personally, even if not well.Hayek's account has the great merit of being close to its subject; the draft, moreover sheds light, not only on Wittgenstein but onHayek as well. (shrink)
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FriedrichAugust VonHayek.Carl David Mildenberger -2021 - In Michael G. Festl,Handbuch Liberalismus. J.B. Metzler. pp. 133-140.detailsFriedrichAugust vonHayek war ein österreichischer Ökonom und Philosoph. In Wien in eine Familie von Akademikern hineingeboren, studierteHayek zunächst Rechtswissenschaften an der Universität Wien, zeigte aber auch großes Interesse an Psychologie und Volkswirtschaftslehre. So nahm er regelmäßig an Seminaren von Ludwig von Mises Teil und wurde 1921 in Rechtswissenschaften und 1923 in Staatswissenschaften promoviert.
FriedrichAugust vonHayek’s Critique of Conservatism.Halina Šimo -2025 -Analiza I Egzystencja 69:117-138.detailsThe article analyzesFriedrichAugust vonHayek’s critique of conservatism.Hayek explores this theme in his essay ‘Why I am not a Conservative.’ Aiming to clarify that he is not a conservative, as some commentators suggest, he delineates the differences between conservatism and classical liberalism. The article examinesHayek’s arguments, discussing the conservative aversion to change, which positions them as weak defenders of liberty, and topics like the conservative emphasis on authority, attitude towards democracy, incorporating (...) ethics and religion into politics, and introducing mysticism into societal considerations. This paper evaluates the validity of the criticisms by contrastingHayek’s theses with views from selected conservative thinkers. The analysis concludes thatHayek’s libertarian approach contrasts significantly with conservative preservationism.Hayek, accurately capturing the logic of conservative and classical liberal thinking, provides a framework for classifying various concepts within these two ideological streams. (shrink)
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FriedrichAugust vonHayek: Konstytucja wolności.Paweł Urgacz -2008 -Forum Philosophicum: International Journal for Philosophy 13 (1):149-154.detailsThe article reviews the book Konstytucja wolności [The Constitution of Liberty], byFriedrichAugust vonHayek.
Existentielle Freiheit und politische Freiheit. Die Freiheitsideen von Karl Jaspers undFriedrichAugust vonHayek im Vergleich.Philipp Batthyány -2019 - Berlin: Duncker Und Humblot.detailsThe aim of this book is to provide a comparative study of the concepts of freedom in existential philosophy and liberalism. To this end, it presents a detailed examination of the works of two of the most prominent thinkers of the respective notions of freedom in the 20th century, Karl Jaspers andFriedrichAugust vonHayek. Their ideas of freedom are developed both independently and in relation to each other, from their foundational principles. In the political conclusion, (...) the possibility of a conception of freedom that integrates both approaches is explored. Although Jaspers himself made an explicit reference toHayek in one of his books, such a comparative study has not yet been undertaken in the literature. In many respects—both historically and systematically—this work breaks new ground, opening up new philosophical discourses and interpretations of both authors' works in research and teaching. (shrink)
A Biography of a Biography -FriedrichAugust vonHayek’s Draft Biography of Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Text and Its History, edited by Christian Erbacher.Jack Manzi -2020 -Nordic Wittgenstein Review 9.detailsFriedrich vonHayek’s Unfinished Draft of a Sketch of a Biography of Ludwig Wittgenstein was the first attempt at the task of assembling a comprehensible picture of the life of his pre-eminent cousin, Ludwig Wittgenstein. As the title might suggest, vonHayek never finished this task, his efforts being stymied by both Wittgenstein’s literary executors and Wittgenstein’s sister, Margaret Stonborough. Here, and for the first time, Christian Erbacher presents the first real publication of this draft, with accompanying (...) commentary, and an afterword by Allan Janik. Perhaps the best way to describe Erbacher’s work here is as a ‘biography of a biography’. His introduction to vonHayek’s manuscript details the story behind its creation, beginning with an outline of vonHayek’s own relationship with Wittgenstein, and the parallels between their academic careers. In doing so, Erbacher not only also describes the history of vonHayek’s sketch, but also the history of Wittgenstein-biography as a genre in itself. For what emerges from Erbacher’s extensive work in researching the vonHayek sketch is that, despite never coming to fruition itself, the work that vonHayek put into collecting the materials for writing a biography of Wittgenstein was hugely influential in all future endeavours of chronicling Wittgenstein’s life. (shrink)
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Zwang als Grundübel in der Gesellschaft? Der Begriff des Zwangs beiFriedrichAugust vonHayek.Philipp Batthyány -2007 - Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck.detailsThe fundamental concept of classical liberalism is the notion of negative freedom: freedom as the absence of coercion. But what is coercion? Why is coercion considered an evil from a libertarian perspective? The liberal economist and social philosopherFriedrichAugust vonHayek develops a definition of the concepts of freedom and coercion in his "Constitution of Liberty," which, however, remains incomplete and raises some fundamental questions about his moral philosophy and theory of cultural evolution. In this study, (...) I undertake the task of providing an immanent definition ofHayek's concept of coercion and a justification for the reprehensibility of coercion as a fundamental evil in society. By including essential parts ofHayek's unpublished legacy, I delve intoHayek's entire body of work with a focus on his underlying conception of freedom and coercion. (shrink)
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Notas sobre a crítica ao planejamento em Law, legislation and liberty, de F. A. vonHayek.Amaro de Oliveira Fleck -2019 -Dissertatio 48:145-156.detailsEm Direito, legislação e liberdade,FriedrichAugust vonHayek dirige diversas críticas à ordem planejada implementada pelos Estados previdenciários no mundo ocidental. O presente artigo almeja analisar estas críticas, em especial os critérios normativos subjacentes a elas. Sua tese é queHayek fracassa em suas críticas por: 1) cometer a falácia naturalista; 2) não diferenciar suficientemente a teoria das ordens espontâneas da teoria da evolução cultural; 3) não perceber que a teoria da evolução cultural pode ser (...) conciliada com a ordem planejada. (shrink)
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Studies on the abuse and decline of reason: text and documents.Friedrich A. vonHayek -2010 - New York: Routledge. Edited by Bruce Caldwell.details"The studies of which this book is the result have from the beginning been guided by and in the end confirmed the somewhat old-fashioned conviction of the author that it is human ideas which govern the development of human affairs,"Hayek ...
The mirage of social justice.Friedrich A. vonHayek -1976 - London [etc.]: Routledge and Kegan Paul.detailsThis is a three-part study of the relations between law and liberty.
Hayek, penseur du « doux commerce » : la société moderne est-elle principalement soudée par des « réseaux d’argent »?Eva Debray -2019 -Astérion 20 (20).detailsMuch attention has hitherto been paid toHayek’s reference to Adam Smith’s “invisible hand”. In his view, this metaphor helped shed light on spontaneous social orders, that is orders that are unintentionally produced and whichHayek aims to account for, more precisely market order. However, an exclusive focus on this reference leaves questions unanswered: first, what doesHayek aim to account for, when examining these spontaneous social orders? In other words, what does he mean by “order” in (...) this context? Second, why does his investigation mainly focus on economic order? In order to address these questions, it is useful to bring to light another one ofHayek’s conceptual appropriations, namely that of “doux commerce”. An analysis of this conceptual borrowing byHayek takes us deep into his defence and justification of liberalism. Nevertheless, to adequately grasp the significance of this appropriation, it is necessary to highlight the conceptual shiftsHayek applies to this theme, when he argues that “cash-nexus […] holds the Great Society together”, that is, constitutes the ultimate basis of peaceful order in modern society. (shrink)
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Pourquoi la crise ne dément pasHayek.Gilles Campagnolo -2010 -Cités 41 (1):51.detailsParmi nos « contemporains » majeurs ,FriedrichAugust vonHayek a formulé une « vision du monde » qui marque notre temps et qui lui vaut l’admiration ou la détestation résumées dans un terme utilisé souvent mal à propos : « ultralibéralisme ». Avec la « crise du..
The Earlier Letters of John Stuart Mill: 1812-1848.John Stuart Mill,Francis E. Mineka &Friedrich A. vonHayek -1963 - University of Toronto Press.detailsThese volumes of Mill's letters have been awaited eagerly by all scholars in the field of nineteenth-century studies. They inaugurate most auspiciously the edition of the Collected Works of John Stuart Mill planned and directed by an editorial committee appointed from the Faculty of Arts and Science of the University of Toronto and from the University of Toronto Press. In this collection of 537 letters and excerpts of letters are included all the personal letters available. It contains 238 hitherto unpublished (...) letters and 72 letters with previously unpublished passages. Letters previously published have been recollated whenever possible. All are meticulously edited and annotated. (shrink)
Mises,Hayek and Corruption.Tomáš Otáhal -2014 -Journal of Business Ethics 119 (3):399-404.detailsUsing the arguments of Ludwig von Mises andFriedrichAugust vonHayek, I argue that private ownership solves the economic problem of corruption. Since private ownership discourages entrepreneurs from rent-seeking, and privately owned media provide objective and unbiased information to citizens, any legal reform establishing and enforcement of private ownership also solves the corruption problem.
Be Fruitful and Multiply: Growth, Reason, and Cultural Group Selection inHayek and Darwin.Naomi Beck -2011 -Biological Theory 6 (4):413-423.detailsThe theory of cultural evolution proposed by economistFriedrichAugust vonHayek is without doubt the most harshly criticized component in his highly prolific intellectual corpus.Hayek depicted the emergence of the market order as the unintended consequence of an evolutionary process in which groups whose rules of behavior led to a comparative increase in population and wealth were favored over others. Key toHayek’s theory was the claim that the rules of the market, on (...) which modern civilization relies, evolved at the meta-individual level and therefore surpass human reason.Hayek believed that his theory provided scientific explanation for the superiority of the market order over rational planning. In this article, I conduct a selective comparison betweenHayek’s and Darwin’s theories of cultural group selection and analyze the role that demographic growth and reason play in their respective accounts. I first presentHayek’s theory of cultural group selection, its sources of inspiration, and its important place in his intellectual legacy. I then compareHayek’s claims to Darwin’s views and highlight fundamental differences in their evaluation of the role of reason in moral evolution. Finally, I offer some comments concerning the place assigned to demographic growth inHayek’s theory and his over-reliance on economics in explaining cultural evolution. (shrink)
Wilhelm von Humboldts politische Philosophie: Beiträge zu "Ideen zu einem Versuch, die Grenzen der Wirksamkeit des Staats zu bestimmen" (1792).Michael G. Festl (ed.) -2022 - Darmstadt: wbg Academic.detailsDieser Band bringt Humboldts zentralen Text zur politischen Philosophie von 1792 - "Ideen zu einem Versuch, die Grenzen der Wirksamkeit des Staats zu bestimmen" - mit fünf zeitgenössischen Beiträgen zu seinem Denken zusammen, die von namhaften Kennerinnen und Kennern der Materie verfasst wurden. Humboldts experimentelle Schrift, geprägt durch eine Mischung aus Frühromantik und Spätaufklärung, eröffnete der Philosophie wie der Bildungstheorie viele neue Türen und regte solch einflussreiche und diverse Geister wie John Stuart Mill,FriedrichAugust vonHayek (...) und Noam Chomsky an. Im Mittelpunkt der Beiträge von Michael G. Festl (St. Gallen), Michael N. Forster (Bonn), Friederike Kuster (Wuppertal), Roland Reichenbach (Zürich) und Dieter Thomä (St. Gallen) stehen Humboldts Einlassungen zu Ehe, Bildung und Freiheit. Die Beiträge offenbaren, dass Humboldts Denken, angestossen durch die Französische Revolution, auch in Zeiten von Facebook, Fake News und Fernunterricht erstaunlich aktuell ist. (shrink)
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Friedrich A. VonHayek: Critical Assessments of Contemporary Economists, 2nd Series.John Cunningham Wood &Robert D. Wood (eds.) -2004 - Routledge.detailsHayek's reputation has gone through a remarkable cycle. An eminent exponent of the Austrian theory of business cycles in the 1930s, he was worsted in the controversy over Keynes' _Treatise on Money_. Following this defeat,Hayek retreated into capital theory, an esoteric branch of economics in which few economists then took an active interest. He gave up economics altogether after the war and turned to psychology, political philosophy, philosophy of law and the history of ideas. However, in 1974 (...) he won the Nobel Prize and returned to mainstream economics as a leading critic of Keynesianism and an advocate of free banking as the answer to inflation. TodayHayek reigns supreme as the kind of moral philosopher and political economist that economics has not seen since Adam Smith. Also forthcoming in this series is _Paul A. Samuelson, 2nd Series_. (shrink)
FrederickAugust VonHayek E a teoria dos fenômenos completos: Uma análise marxista.Carlos Lucena -2011 -Educação E Filosofia 25 (49).detailsEste artigo analisa os pressupostos epistemológicos de F. A. vonHayek, referentes ao liberalismo, mercado capitalista, competências e individualidade expressos em a Teoria dos Fenômenos Complexos. Demonstra as fases epistemológicas de sua obra, problematizando o debate com a ciência compreensiva e a relativa transição para os pressupostos popperianos. Tomando como referência os princípios do materialismo histórico e dialético, desenvolve a crítica aos preceitos da economia política presente no pensamento deHayek. Demonstra que apesar do forte preceito objetivista de (...) suas reflexões, suas análises encontram-se em um campo metafísico de proposições científicas relativas à organização da produção da sociedade e inserção de seres humanos. (shrink)
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The Austrian School of Economics and Ordoliberalism – Socio-Economic Order.Anna Jurczuk,Michał Moszyński &Piotr Pysz -2019 -Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric 57 (1):105-121.detailsThe scientific aim of the paper is to juxtapose the views on economic order developed by the leading representatives of two schools of liberal thinking – German ordoliberal Walter Eucken and the Austrian economistFriedrichAugust vonHayek. The first scholar opted for deliberately constructed competitive economic order, the second one advocates for allowing the social institutions to emerge and evolve spontaneously. The analysis proves the similarity of both theories in regard to the significance of principles of (...) an economic order and the importance of competition for maintaining individual freedom. On the other hand some differences in the areas of sources of rules, institutional change, and the role of the state, induce their complementarity. Developing an intellectual basis for economic policy requires an eclectic approach combining two analysed perspectives. (shrink)
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