Political Theory

Intellectuals and Liberty

ABSTRACT

Intellectuals play a central role in any society, and in a market-driven civil society, it is imperative to understand intellectuals’ attitudes toward commerce, the market, and institutions of liberty. These are the subjects of the conference.

READING LIST

Conference Readings

F.A. Hayek. The Intellectuals. Edited by Huszar. Glencoe, IL: Free Press, 1960.

Aron, Raymond. The Opium of the Intellectuals. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 2001.

Benda, Julien. The Treason of the Intellectuals. New Brunswick: Transaction, 2006.

Goulder, Alvin W.. The Future of Intellectuals and the Rise of the New Class. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.

Gouldner, Alvin. Against Fragmentation. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985.

Mannheim, Karl. Ideology and Utopia. -: Harvest Books, 1955.

Milosz, Czeslaw. The Intellectuals. Edited by Huszar. Glencoe, IL: Free Press, 1960.

Schumpeter, Joseph. Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy. New York: Harper Collins, 1962.

Silone, Ignazio. The Intellectuals. Edited by Huszar. Glencoe, IL: Free Press, 1960.

Stigler, George. The Intellectual and the Marketplace. Harvard: Harvard, 1984.

Tocqueville, Alexis de. The Old Regime and the Revolution: The complete text. Edited by François Furet and Françoise Mélonio. Translated by Alan Kahan. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998.

Weber, Max. From Max Weber. Oxon, UK: Routledge, 1986.