Political Theory

Popper and Hayek on Liberty

ABSTRACT

This conference compared Karl Popper's concept of “open society” with Friedrich A. Hayek's concept of “grown order” and “extended order,” as well as Walter Lippmann's concept of “The Great Society.”

READING LIST

Conference Readings

Hayek, F. A. Individualism and Economic Order. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1948, 1980.

Hayek, F. A. Studies in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1967.

Hayek, F. A. Law, Legislation and Liberty, Volume 1: Rules and Order [Phoenix series]. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1973.

Hayek, Friedrich A. The Constitution of Liberty. London and New York: Routledge, 1960.

Popper, Karl. Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge (Fifth Revised Edition). London and New York: Routledge Publishing, 1989.

Popper, Karl R. The Open Society and Its Enemies, Volume II: Hegel and Marx. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1962, 1966.

Popper, Karl R. The Open Society and Its Enemies, Volume I: The Spell of Plato. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1966.