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Why hayek is a Darwinian (after all)? Hayek and Darwin on social evolution
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Abstract This article proposes to reassess Hayek's theory of cultural evolution in the light of Darwin's Descent of Man. It is shown that Hayek and Darwin refers to the same theory of human nature, which is borrowed from the founding fathers of political economy, Hume and Smith. Their respective conceptions ... view more
This article proposes to reassess Hayek's theory of cultural evolution in the light of Darwin's Descent of Man. It is shown that Hayek and Darwin refers to the same theory of human nature, which is borrowed from the founding fathers of political economy, Hume and Smith. Their respective conceptions of order, as well as the mechanisms and the product of evolution, are then the consequence of this theory of human nature.... view less
Classification
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Economics
Free Keywords
Cultural evolution; Biological evolution; Darwin; Descent of man; Hayek
Document language
English
Publication Year
2009
Page/Pages
p. 52-61
Journal
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 71 (2009) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2007.04.005
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)