Product Overview
First published in 1991, thisis a reissue of the pathbreakingDictionary of Conservative and Libertarian Thought,thefirst book to examine the ideals and arguments produced by the intellectual traditions of both conservatism and classical liberalism.
Covering the ideas of many suchdistinguished thinkers asHayek, Scruton, Friedman andBuchanan, the volume provides a valuable surveyof the historical development of both schools of thought in all of the major western countries and theircontributions to contemporary debates.
From American Conservatism to French Liberalism, Invisble Hand to Organic Society, from Scientism to Scepticism and Utopianism to Voluntarism, this is a vital work whose reissue will be welcomed as much by the keen layperson as by students of political science, the history ofphilosophy, economics and public policy.
