This is the first biography of one of the most interesting and
controversial social theorists of our time. Murray N. Rothbard was
the founder of the libertarian movement, a radical free marketeer
who came of age in the era of collectivism and fought all his life
for individualism and laissez-faire against overwhelming odds. The
story of his life is at the same time a cavalcade of virtually all
of the controversial events, ideas, and personalities of the latter
part of the twentieth century.
The author of twenty-eight books and thousands of articles,
Rothbard's life goal was to found a science of liberty, a
comprehensive libertarian system of social thought encompassing
philosophy, ethics, economics, and history. This book tells the
story of the intellectual adventure that was Rothbard's life, his
relationship with the great libertarian economist and philosopher
Ludwig von Mises, and his intellectual growth and development as an
economist and a thinker. While Rothbard's contributions to the
history of social thought are important, his life story is
interesting in itself: against almost impossible odds he managed to
singlehandedly create the libertarian movement out of thin air at a
time when such ideas were considered completely outside the pale.
An Enemy of the State traces Rothbard's ideological odyssey, from
the Old Right of the Chicago Tribune and the "isolationist" America
First Committee, to the conservative movement of the fifties and
early sixties, to the New Left of the mid-sixties, and then on to
the Libertarian Party and the post-Cold War return to his Old Right
roots. Rothbard was that interesting combination, an intellectual
system-builder and theorist who was also an intellectual street
fighter, a scholar, and a man of action. Anyone interested in the
history of ideas, whether or not they agree with Rothbard's
ideology, is bound to be captivated by and drawn into the story of
his fascinating life.
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