E-Book, Englisch, 244 Seiten
Infantino Individualism in Modern Thought
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-317-79832-3
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
From Adam Smith to Hayek
E-Book, Englisch, 244 Seiten
Reihe: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
ISBN: 978-1-317-79832-3
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
This book is a comprehensive survey of methodological individualism in social, political and economic thought from the Enlightenment to the 20th century. Exploring the works of such figures as de Mandeville, Smith, Marx, Spencer, Durkheim, Simmel, Weber, Hayek, Popper and Parsons, this study underlines the contrasts between methodological collectivism and methodological individualism. The detailed analysis offered here also reveals the theoretical presuppositions behind the collectivist and individualist traditions and the practical consequences of their applications. Infantino concludes in favour of individualism.