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Hayek's Modern Family: Classical Liberalism and the Evolution of Social Institutions Hardcover – October 6, 2015

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Scholars within the Hayekian-Austrian tradition of classical liberalism have done virtually no work on the family as an economic and social institution. In addition, there is a real paucity of scholarship on the place of the family within classical liberal and libertarian political philosophy. Hayek's Modern Family offers a classical liberal theory of the family, taking Hayekian social theory as the main analytical framework. Horwitz argues that families are social institutions that perform certain irreplaceable functions in society. These functions change as economic, political, and social circumstances change, and the family form adapts accordingly, kicking off the next wave of developments in the social structure. In Hayekian terms, the family is an evolving and undesigned social institution. Horwitz offers a non-conservative defense of the family as a social institution against the view that either the state or "the village" is able or required to take over its irreplaceable functions.
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  1. Print length
    326 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Palgrave Macmillan
  4. Publication date
    October 6, 2015
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 0.75 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1137448229
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1137448224
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“Hayek’s Modern Family: Classical Liberalism and the Evolution of Social Institutions introduces a theoretical frame that not only explains past trends in family formation, but also suggests productive directions for future scholarship. As such, Horwitz’s contribution is recommended for anyone with an interest in the study of the family, from students seeking their first introduction to the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of family in the Western world to scholars seeking research inspiration.” (Jayme Lemke, The Review of Austrian Economics, Vol. 30, 2017)

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Steven Horwitz is Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics at St. Lawrence University, USA, and an Affiliated Senior Scholar at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, USA. He is the author of two books on monetary economics, and has written extensively on the social thought of F.A. Hayek and the Austrian school of economics.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Palgrave Macmillan
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 6, 2015
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 2015th
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 326 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1137448229
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1137448224
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.35 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.75 x 9 inches
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Steven Horwitz is the Distinguished Professor of Free Enterprise in the Department of Economics at Ball State University in Muncie, IN. A member of the Mont Pelerin Society, he has a PhD in Economics from George Mason University and an AB in Economics and Philosophy from The University of Michigan.

Horwitz is the author of three books, Monetary Evolution, Free Banking, and Economic Order (Westview, 1992), Microfoundations and Macroeconomics: An Austrian Perspective (Routledge, 2000), and Hayek’s Modern Family: Classical Liberalism and the Evolution of Social Institutions (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015). He has written extensively on Austrian economics, Hayekian political economy, monetary theory and history, and American economic history. His work has been published in professional journals such as History of Political Economy, Southern Economic Journal, and The Cambridge Journal of Economics.

Horwitz is also an Affiliated Senior Scholar at the Mercatus Center in Arlington, VA, a Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute in Canada, and a distinguished scholar at the Foundation for Economic Education. He has done public policy research for the Mercatus Center, Heartland Institute, and the Cato Institute, and has been a guest on several radio and cable TV shows. Horwitz has spoken to professional, student, policymaker, and general audiences throughout North America, as well as in Europe, Asia, and South America.

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  • Jeffrey Tucker
    5.0 out of 5 stars Enlightening, Delightful, Brilliant
    Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2016
    Format: Hardcover
    I've waited for this book a by long time. Most works on the family come from the right, in which case the reader can anticipate a hagiographical treatment of the American archetype from the 1950s, or from the left, in which case you can expect ideological screeds about how confining and personality destroying the family can be. Where is the book that examines the family and its history as an evolving product of human choice, one that serves an important social function but cannot be planned by public policy? In sort, where is the genuine liberal treatment of this topic? This is what Professor Horwitz has done, and he has done it in the context of Hayek's evolutionary social theory. For this reason, this book is a joy to read: an actual balanced treatment that doesn't have a right/left axe to grind. In the course of the narrative, one discovers a huge range of interesting research into the history of public policy and how it has interfered (for or against) in an institution that truly precedes the state. It not only fills an important gap in the literature. It helps us see the family in a different light than before.
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  • Amazon Kunde
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book
    Reviewed in Germany on December 12, 2021
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    Extremely insightful inquiry into the evolution of the family as a social institution.
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