Publisher's Synopsis
Chris Tame (1949-2006) was the Founder and Director of the Libertarian Alliance, and was the most prominent British libertarian of his age.
The works assembled in this book attempt to demonstrate that classical liberalism (or 'libertarianism', to employ the more recent neologism for this intellectual tradition) was a richer, deeper and more systematic school of thought than is normally portrayed. They also try to analyse why that tradition went into decline, and why it has, in recent years, enjoyed a revival. A number of the essays are also attempts to apply that more systematic perspective to a number of topics in different disciplines.
Contents
- BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY ON CHRIS R. TAME BY SEAN GABB
- INTRODUCTION BY CHRIS R. TAME
- CREATING A SCIENCE OF LIBERTY: THE LIFE & HERITAGE OF MURRAY N. ROTHBARD, 1926-1995
- THE REVOLUTION OF REASON: PETER GAY, THE ENLIGHTENMENT AND THE AMBIGUITIES OF CLASSICAL LIBERALISM
- THE CRITICAL LIBERALISM OF J. M. ROBERTSON
- THE NEW ENLIGHTENMENT: THE REVIVAL OF LIBERTARIAN IDEAS
- AGAINST THE NEW MERCANTILISM: THE RELEVANCE OF ADAM SMITH
- CHANGE AND PSEUDO-CHANGE IN SOCIOLOGY
- AN ECONOMIC MISINTERPRETATION OF HISTORY: A CRITIQUE OF J. K. GALBRAITH'S ACCOUNT OF AMERICAN CAPITALISM
- FREEDOM, RESPONSIBILITY AND JUSTICE: THE CRIMINOLOGY OF THE 'NEW RIGHT'
- THE MORAL CASE FOR PRIVATE ENTERPRISE
- LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE STARS: THE IDEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF SCIENCE FICTION
- ERNEST HEMINGWAY AND THE FAILURE OF NIHILISM
- CO-OPERATION WITHOUT COMMUNITY
