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Title: The Counter-Revolution of Science: Studies on the Abuse of Reason by Friedrich A. Hayek ISBN: 0-913966-67-3 Publisher: Liberty Fund, Inc. Pub. Date: May, 1980 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A fundamental piece of Hayek's substantial contributions
Comment: Hayek was probably the greatest thinker of the 20th Century. He certainly out ranked the counterparts of his day - think about his debates with Keynes or his discussions of the conceits of socialism. Hayek had the integrity to thik carefully about a number of issues.
After WWII he began to think about a set of issues that would not be considered economics - but then Hayek was never bothered by the narrow comparmentalization that some academics operate in. His address to the London Economic Club and his discussions on Economics and Knowledge (knowledge of time and place) are legendary.
This book is a caution to social scientists. In the early fifties, Hayek cautioned his colleagues who were fast rushing to adopt "scientific" approaches to their disciplines - to move into that arena with caution. Numbers tend to become real on their own and are not always helpful in explaining issues or in helping to clarify thinking. His arguments, like the rest of his writing, are clear and well done. The book is a bit dense for some who have not the depth of his references - but it is well worth the effort.
Rating: 4
Summary: Shows the full depth of Hayek
Comment: Too often, Hayek is not given enough credit. Too many people see him as merely a critic of socialism and defender of libertarianism (not that there's anything wrong with that). But Hayek was a brilliant social philosopher too and this book is Hayek at his best.
Unfortunately, this book begs to be misunderstood. I fear that people will read the second section before the first (if they read the first at all), and frankly, I could've done without the second.
At base, this book is not a critique on planning. It is a philosophical explanation of how we gain and use knowledge in the natural and social sciences. After Hayek lays out what he feels are mistakes in the methods of social science (psychologism, holism, scientism), he examines the mistakes thinkers have made that brought them to these -isms. Then and only then does he offer a critique of planning but ONE WILL NOT UNDERSTAND IN FULL THE SECOND SECTION WITHOUT HAVEING READ AND ABSORBED THE IDEAS IN THE FIRST! One may even want to read Popper's 'The Poverty of Historicism' before or with this book.
In closing, if you're looking for a critique on planning and socialism, read 'The Road To Serfdom' or 'Individualism and Economic Order', but if you want a great critique of science (social as well as natural) and it's current methods, read this one WITH CARE!
Rating: 5
Summary: A fascinating analysis of the beginning of Socialism
Comment: In this dense book Hayek probes the origins of socialist thought. His account of the attempt to make history a mathematical science and the differences between subjective and objective thought is some of the most interesting and thought provoking discussion written this century.
It is a hard read but well worth the effort.
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Title: The Sensory Order: An Inquiry into the Foundations of Theoretical Psychology by F. A. Hayek ISBN: 0226320944 Publisher: University of Chicago Press (Trd) Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Individualism and Economic Order by Friedrich A. Hayek ISBN: 0226320936 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: April, 1996 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: The Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek ISBN: 0226320618 Publisher: University of Chicago Press (Trd) Pub. Date: September, 1994 List Price(USD): $9.48 |
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Title: Law, Legislation and Liberty: The Mirage of Social Justice by Friedrich A. Hayek ISBN: 0226320839 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: August, 1978 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: Capitalism and the Historians by Friedrich A. Hayek, Louis Hacker ISBN: 0226320723 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: June, 1954 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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