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This book offers a distinctive treatment of Hayek's ideas, as a ""research programme"". It presents a detailed account of aspects of Hayek's intellectual development and of problems that arise within his work, and then offers some broad suggestions as to ways in which the programme initiated in his work might be developed further. The book discusses how Popper and Lakatos's ideas about ""research programmes"" might be applied within political theory. There then follows a distinctive presentation of Hayek's intellectual development up to The Road to Serfdom , together with critical engagement with his later ideas. The discussion draws on a full range of his writings, makes use of some neglected earlier work on social theory and law, and also draws on archival material. This book should appeal to anyone with an interest in Hayek's work, as well as to those with a concern for Twentieth Century intellectual history.

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In Shearmur, Hayke has found an intellectual biographer who can rise to the task of following Hayek across his many fields of inquiry. Shearmur is as adept as Hayek in moving from economics, to history, to politics, and beyond... Well-researched, thoughtful, and comprehensive in scope, Shearmur's book provides a useful starting point for future scholars seeking to understand Hayek, his work, and his influence. Constitutional Political Economy, June 2000, Volume 11, Number 2.

""In Shearmur, Hayke has found an intellectual biographer who can rise to the task of following Hayek across his many fields of inquiry. Shearmur is as adept as Hayek in moving from economics, to history, to politics, and beyond... Well-researched, thoughtful, and comprehensive in scope, Shearmur's book provides a useful starting point for future scholars seeking to understand Hayek, his work, and his influence. ""Constitutional Political Economy, June 2000, Volume 11, Number 2.""

In Shearmur, Hayke has found an intellectual biographer who can rise to the task of following Hayek across his many fields of inquiry. Shearmur is as adept as Hayek in moving from economics, to history, to politics, and beyond... Well-researched, thoughtful, and comprehensive in scope, Shearmur's book provides a useful starting point for future scholars seeking to understand Hayek, his work, and his influence. Constitutional Political Economy, June 2000, Volume 11, Number 2. <br>

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Jeremy Shearmur

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