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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783024303321

Autore

Cubeddu Raimondo <1951->

Titolo

The philosophy of the Austrian School [[electronic resource] /] / Raimondo Cubeddu ; translated by Rachel M. Costa, née Barritt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1993

ISBN

1-134-88372-2

1-280-13810-6

0-203-98189-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Disciplina

330.15/7

Soggetti

Social sciences - Austria

Social sciences - Philosophy

Austrian school of economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-254) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS; 2 THE THEORY OF HUMAN ACTION; 3 FROM SOCIALISM TO TOTALITARIANISM; 4 THE FATE OF DEMOCRACY; 5 THE LIBERALISM OF THE AUSTRIAN SCHOOL; BIBLIOGRAPHY; NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

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 Philosophy 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