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Herbert Spencer (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,198
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Herbert Spencer (Paperback): Alberto Mingardi

Herbert Spencer (Paperback)

Alberto Mingardi

Series: Major Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers

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This volume makes a compelling case for the continued relevance and significance of Herbert Spencer (1820-1904), one of the foremost intellectuals of the Victorian era whose work now tends to be regarded as being of purely historical interest. One of the originators of the evolutionary classical liberal or libertarian approach exemplified later by F. A. Hayek, Spencer engaged with such issues as the relationship between the individual and the state; the nature of majoritarian democracy; the legitimacy of private property; the consequences of the transition from relatively simple, feudal communities to complex, industrial societies; and the causes of war and the prospects of international peace. For him the future was individualist. However, as the scope of state action expanded and classical liberal ideas became increasingly marginalised during the course of his life, Spencer grew ever more pessimistic about the future prospects for liberty.

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Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic USA
Country of origin: United States
Series: Major Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers
Release date: June 2013
First published: August 2013
Authors: Alberto Mingardi
Dimensions: 216 x 141 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 978-1-4411-6499-5
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > General
Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > General
LSN: 1-4411-6499-5
Barcode: 9781441164995

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