Individualism and the social order : the social element in liberal thought / / Charles R. McCann, Jr

• Autore: McCann Charles R (Charles Robert), <1956->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2004
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.51
• Soggetto topico: Liberalism; Individualism; Free enterprise; Social values; Communities
• Note generali: Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [216]-225) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Forms of community; Mill and libertarian liberalism; Stephen and conservative liberalism; Spencer and the evolution of moral society; Sumner: tradition and custom in the social order; Mises and the triumph of libertarian ideas; Hayek and the form of the liberal community; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Liberalism is typically misconceived as a philosophy of individualism, which cannot accept that man exists in society and that man's values are shaped by that society.This book attempts to identify the role of community and society in the political and social thought of leading liberal social philosophers of the 19th and 20th centuries including John Stuart Mill, Herbert Spencer and Friedrich A. von Hayek. While differing as to the nature of man and society, each thinker examined holds the basic premise that man is not an isolated creature whose life is 'nasty, brutish and short' but r
• Titolo autorizzato: Individualism and the social order
• ISBN: 1-134-34058-3; 0-429-23310-8; 0-203-48872-5; 1-280-01995-6; 1-134-34059-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822052503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge frontiers of political economy ; ; 55.