Books in the Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism series

Chapter 1: Introduction, by Gene Callahan and Kenneth McIntyreChapter 2: Burke on Rationalism, Prudence and Reason of State, by Ferenc H├╢rcherChapter 3: Alexis de Tocqueville and the Uneasy Friendship between Reason and Freedom, by Travis D. Smith and Jin JinChapter 4: Kierkegaard''s Later Critique of Political Rationalism, by Robert Wyllie Chapter 5: Friedrich Nietzsche: The Hammer Goes to Monticello, by Justin GarrisonChapter 6: Pagans, Christians, Poets, by Corey AbelChapter 7: Wittgenstein on Rationalism, by Daniel SportielloChapter 8: Heidegger''s Critique of Rationalism and Modernity, by Jack SimmonsChapter 9: Gabriel Marcel: Mystery in an Age of Problems, by Steven KnepperChapter 10: Michael Polanyi: A Scientist Against Scientism, by Charles LowneyChapter 11: C.S. Lewis: Reason, Imagination, and the Abolition of Man, by Luke C. SheahanChapter 12: Hayek: Postatomic Liberal, Nick CowenChapter 13: Anti-rationalism, Relativism, and the Metaphysical Tradition:  Situating Gadamer''s Philosophical Hermeneutics, by Ryan HolstonChapter 14: Eric Voegelin and Enlightenment Rationalism, by Michael P. FedericiChapter 15: Michael Oakeshott''s Critique of Modern Rationalism, by Wendell John Coats Jr. Chapter 16: Isaiah Berlin on Monism, by Jason FerrellChapter 17: Russell Kirk: The Mystery of Human Existence, by Nathanael BlakeChapter 18: Jane Jacobs and the Knowledge Problem in Cities, by Sanford IkedaChapter 19: Practical Reason and Teleology: MacIntyre''s Critique of Modern Moral Philosophy, by Kenneth McIntyre

Dramatic changes in national security law and surveillance, as well as technological changes from social media to smart cities mean that our ideas about privacy and its protection are being challenged like never before.

ΓÇ£David Hardwick and Leslie Marsh have assembled a contentious collection of independent thinkers on liberalismΓÇÖs identity and prospects. Should liberalism be democratic, classical, ordo, legalistic, culture-based, market-based, or what? The international crew of authorsΓÇöfrom Australia, Canada, China and the USAΓÇödraw upon the insights of key historic figures from Locke to Montesquieu to Burke to Dewey to Hayek to Rawls (and of course others, given liberalismΓÇÖs rich history), and they leave us with a set of liberalisms both in collision and in overlapping agreement. This book is stimulating reading for those engaged with next-generation liberal thought.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöStephen R. C. Hicks, Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University.This collection redresses the conceptual hubris and illiteracy that has come to obscure the central presuppositions of classical liberalism ΓÇô that is, the wrestling of epistemic independence from overwhelming concentrations of power, monopolies and capricious zealotries be they of a state, religious or corporate in character. 

Michael Oakeshott on Authority, Governance, and the State presents contributions on one of the most important British philosophers of the 20th century.

This book offers an intellectual history of the libertarian case for markets in education. All of these questions are considered in this important text for those interested in debates over market mechanisms in education and those who are keen to understand how those arguments have changed over time.

In the twentieth century there were two great political and social paradigms, the liberal-democratic and the libertarian (in its various socialist, anarchist, and communist delineations). The central idea of the first approach is isonomy: the exclusion of any discrimination on the basis that legal rights are afforded equally to all people. The central idea of the second approach is rather to acknowledge and address a broader spectrum of known inequalities. Such an approach, Bellanca argues, allows the pursuit of pluralism as well as a more realistic and complex view of what equality is. Here he analyzes the main economic and political institutions of an isocratic society, and in so doing, effectively outlines how a utopian society can be structurally and anthropologically realized.This book is ideal reading for an audience interested in the critique of contemporary capitalism through a renewed perspective of democratic socialism and leftist libertarianism. Nicolò Bellanca is Associate Professor of Development Economics at the University of Florence, Italy. He is the author of a broad array of scholarly articles, books and textbooks about both the history of economic thought and development economics. His current research focuses on the theory of institutional change.

Dramatic changes in national security law and surveillance, as well as technological changes from social media to smart cities mean that our ideas about privacy and its protection are being challenged like never before.

'This book is a thoroughly researched and well written exploration of one of the most divisive topics in modern democratic discourse. Novak brings careful and clear thinking to a topic too often clouded in emotion and guided by moral intuition. '-Peter Boettke, Professor of Economics and Philosophy, George Mason University, USA'Inequality has bred a climate of hostile political discourse reminiscent of the cold war. In this lucid book, Novak explains how we can transcend that hostility by recognizing the deeply entangled character of politics and economics within modern societies.'-Richard E. Wagner, Hobart R. Harris Professor of Economics, George Mason University, USA'Mikayla Novak has provided a bold new intellectual foundation for social policy analysis.' -Jason Potts, Professor of Economics, RMIT University, AustraliaIn recent years the degree of income and wealth inequality within developed countries has been raised as a central issue in economic and social policy debates. Numerous figures across diverse ideological affinities have advocated policy measures to significantly alter income and wealth distributions, while the inequality debate has become infused with other subjects such as social justice and identity politics. This book presents an account of economic inequality from a contemporary classical liberal perspective. Inequality is seen as a by-product of entangled relationships within society, bringing to the fore key ideas from complexity, evolutionary and network sciences.Novak illustrates that inequality is problematic insofar as it generates pro-rich redistribution and constrains progress by the less well off. Economic inequality has important links with issues such as fiscal and regulatory policies, discrimination and social exclusion, and institutional design.This unique book is important reading for social science academics, policy makers and people interested in exploring the dimensions and solutions to inequality, a critical issue of our time.

This book compares and contrasts the motivations, morality, and effectiveness of space exploration when pursued by private entrepreneurs as opposed to government.