Profitable ideas : the ideology of the individual in capitalist development / by Micheal O'Flynn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Flynn, Micheal.

Series:

Studies in critical social sciences ; v. 15.

Studies in critical social sciences

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitalism--Social aspects.

Capitalism.

Individualism.

Physical Description:

198 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Summary:

Scholarly attempts to explain the development of liberal individualism over the course of modern history have tended to focus on key principles and doctrines. The emergence and spread of individualist ideas has been scrutinized to an extent, but with insufficient attention to the manner in which they have been bound up with the opportunities and obstacles to accumulation at different stages of capitalist development. To this end, this book shows that as the capitalist system develops, continuously generating new interests and social conflicts, the theories, doctrines and moral precepts comprising liberal individualism change and evolve, while its vital social function is preserved.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Decline of Federal Ideas 7

Chapter 2 The Individualism of Hobbes and Loke 21

Chapter 3 Individualism, Religion and Science 39

Chapter 4 The Theory of Population Pressure 63

Chapter 5 Doctrines of Social Evolution 85

Chapter 6 Individualism and the Question of Democracy 103

Chapter 7 The Idea of F. A. Hayek 119

Chapter 8 Neoliberalism and Capital Accumulation 143

Chapter 9 Economic Downturn and Decline of Free Market Doctrine 157.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004178045

900417804X

OCLC:

320588905