ハーバート・スペンサー（保守主義・リバタリアニズムの主要思想家） Herbert Spencer (Major Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers)

Mingardi, Alberto

Bloomsbury Academic USA（2013/09発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 192 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781441164995
• DDC分類 320.512

Full Description

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.

Contents

1. Introduction \ 2. The Life and the Character \ 3. Ideas \ 4. Herbert Spencer's Offspring \ 5. Who should read Spencer today? \ Bibliography \ Index