1st Edition

The Philosophy of the Austrian School

By Raimondo Cubeddu Copyright 1993
    284 Pages
    by Routledge

    284 Pages
    by Routledge

    The Austrian School has made some of the most significant contributions to the social sciences in recent times but attempts to understand it have remained locked in a polemical frame. In contrast, The Philosphy of the Austrian School presents a philosophically grounded account of the School's methodological, political and economic ideas. Whilst acknowledging important differences between the key figures in the School - Menger, Mises, and Hayek - Raimondo Cubeddu finds that they also have significant things in common. Paramount amongst these are theories of subjective value and notions of spontaneous order, both of which rest on theories of seminal avenues of research in the social sciences and a major reformulation of liberal ideology.

    Chapter 1 METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS; Chapter 2 THE THEORY OF HUMAN ACTION; Chapter 3 FROM SOCIALISM TO TOTALITARIANISM; Chapter 4 THE FATE OF DEMOCRACY; Chapter 5 THE LIBERALISM OF THE AUSTRIAN SCHOOL;

    Biography

    Raimondo Cubeddu, Rachel M. Costa, née, Barritt

    'Extraordinary attention to detail ... readers cannot fail to benefit from his insights and prodigious research.' - Mises Review