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OverviewA modern reframing of Friedrich Hayek’s most famous work for the 21st century. Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom was both an intellectual milestone and a source of political division, spurring fiery debates around capitalism and its discontents. In the ensuing discord, Hayek’s true message was lost: liberalism is a thing to be protected above all else, and its alternatives are perilous. In Liberalism’s Last Man, Vikash Yadav revives the core of Hayek’s famed work to map today’s primary political anxiety: the tenuous state of liberal meritocratic capitalism—particularly in North America, Europe, and Asia—in the face of strengthening political-capitalist powers like China, Vietnam, and Singapore. As open societies struggle to match the economic productivity of authoritarian-capitalist economies, the promises of a meritocracy fade; Yadav channels Hayek to articulate how liberalism’s moral backbone is its greatest defense against repressive social structures. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Vikash YadavPublisher: The University of Chicago Press Imprint: University of Chicago Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.540kg ISBN: 9780226821474ISBN 10: 0226821471 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 23 August 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Chapter One The Abandoned Road Chapter Two The Great Utopia Chapter Three Individualism and Collectivism Chapter Four The “Inevitability” of Planning Chapter Five Planning and Democracy Chapter Six Planning and the Rule of Law Chapter Seven Economic Control and Totalitarianism Chapter Eight Who, Whom? Chapter Nine Security and Freedom Chapter Ten Why the Worst Get on Top Chapter Eleven The End of Truth Chapter Twelve The Socialist Roots of Nazism Chapter Thirteen The Totalitarians in Our Midst Chapter Fourteen Material Conditions and Ideal Ends Chapter Fifteen The Prospects of International Order Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes BibliographyReviews"""Yadav debuts with a vigorous reappraisal of 20th-century economist Friedrich Hayek in light of todayʼs increasing authoritarian encroachment on liberal, meritocratic, free-market societies...Seamlessly intertwining political philosophy, intellectual history, and textual criticism, this is an expansive and robust defense of capitalist liberalism."" * Publisher's Weekly * ""Does Hayek’s critique of socialism and defense of liberalism in his 1944 book The Road to Serfdom have any relevance for the very different challenges the international order faces today? Yadav’s ambitious goal is to answer that question via a close reading of Hayek’s classic text. The result is a penetrating, insightful, sometimes provocative and always stimulating performance."" -- Bruce Caldwell | coauthor of ""Hayek: A Life, 1899–1950"" | Duke University “Well-written, well-researched, and engrossing, the great accomplishment of Liberalism's Last Man is its engagement with modern political theory through the lens of Hayek. It’s a highly original work—and refreshing in that it takes Hayek’s critics seriously while also refraining from shortchanging Hayek for his supposed intellectual sins.” -- Peter Boettke | author of ""F. A. Hayek: Economics, Political Economy and Social Philosophy""" """Yadav debuts with a vigorous reappraisal of 20th-century economist Friedrich Hayek in light of todayʼs increasing authoritarian encroachment on liberal, meritocratic, free-market societies...Seamlessly intertwining political philosophy, intellectual history, and textual criticism, this is an expansive and robust defense of capitalist liberalism."" * Publisher's Weekly * ""Does Hayek’s critique of socialism and defense of liberalism in his 1944 book The Road to Serfdom have any relevance for the very different challenges the international order faces today? Yadav’s ambitious goal is to answer that question via a close reading of Hayek’s classic text. The result is a penetrating, insightful, sometimes provocative and always stimulating performance."" -- Bruce Caldwell | coauthor of ""Hayek: A Life, 1899–1950"" | Duke University" Author InformationVikash Yadav is associate professor of international relations and Asian studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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