The Age of Tyrannies

Halévy, Élie; Wallas, May

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“…Halévy made the same point at the outset of his paper on 'The Era of Tyrannies' -which, translated by May Wallas, was published in Economica in 1941. 75 On the one hand, its partisans present socialism as a fulfilment of the revolution of 1789, a revolution of liberty; on the other hand, it was a reaction against individualism and liberalism in the name of organization. Halévy points out that in its original form socialism was neither liberal nor democratic, but organizational and hierarchical.…”

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The Era of Tyrannies

Jones

2002

European Journal of Political Theory

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This article argues that Hayek's Road to Serfdom should be read in the light of his contemporaneous studies in the history of European social and political thought, and traces the affinities between his and Halévy's work on the history of socialism. Both saw Saint-Simonism rather than Marxism as embodying the essence of socialism, and both saw the cult of 'organization', rather than the idea of class conflict, as its most characteristic feature. It is tentatively suggested that Halévy's writings exercised a significant influence on the formulation of Hayek's most famous work.key words: Halévy, Hayek, history of ideas, Saint-Simon

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The Era of Tyrannies

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2002

European Journal of Political Theory

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“…Proudhon draws on the radical liberal, Charles Sismondi, 55 to argue that the impoverishment of the workers leads to under-consumption. In berating an English manufacturer who saw modern technology as freeing him from the costs and demands of his workers, Proudhon wrote: What a system is that which leads a business man to think with delight that society will soon be able to dispense with men!…”

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