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F. A. Hayek: The Liberal as Communitarian

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At the heart of Friedrich A. Hayek's social philosophy is a regard for the socially-constituted nature of man: the individual is not taken to be asocial or pre-social, but rather it is recognized that society defines the individual. The neglect of this aspect of Hayek's work by both liberal and communitarian, as well as libertarian, writers within political philosophy has led to his position being misrepresented, for Hayek's brand of liberalism is more akin to one variant of modern communitarianism than it is to the libertarian strain of liberal thought.

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McCann, C.R. F. A. Hayek: The Liberal as Communitarian. The Review of Austrian Economics 15, 5–34 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013266204408

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