Freedom in context: A review essay of The Dialectics of Liberty

Alexander W. Craig ()
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Alexander W. Craig: Beloit College

The Review of Austrian Economics, 2024, vol. 37, issue 2, No 6, 213-224

Abstract: Abstract The contributors to The Dialectics of Liberty demonstrate that libertarians can engage in a careful context-sensitive analysis of social behavior and political ideals. The book refutes the notion that libertarians must be insensitive to nuances in social environments and reliant on a woefully oversimplified conception of individuals, businesses, and governments. In this review, I first discuss the nature of dialectics, making explicit the mostly implicit definition running between the chapters of The Dialectics. I then summarize several of the chapters, synthesizing from them generalizable lessons about what Austrian economists and classical liberal scholars more generally can learn by being mindful of social context, synthesizing disparate ideas, and transcending dichotomies.

Keywords: Dialectics; libertarianism; methodology; political philosophy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A12 B4 B53 Y3 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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