The Secularization of Providential Order: F. A. Hayek's Political-Economic Theology

In this article I argue that the concept of spontaneous order that underlies F. A. Hayek's political-economic thought is a secularized version of classical liberalism's understanding of order as providential. In Adam Ferguson's writings on history and social order, from which Hayek dr...

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Main Author: Cornelissen, Lars (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group [2017]
In: Political theology
Year: 2017, Volume: 18, Issue: 8, Pages: 660-676
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ferguson, Adam 1723-1816 / Faith in providence / Reception / Hayek, Friedrich A. von 1899-1992 / Spontaneous order / Secularization
IxTheo Classification:KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
NBC Doctrine of God
NBD Doctrine of Creation
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Hayek
B economic theology
B Secularization
B Political Theology
B Neoliberalism
B Liberalism
Online Access: Volltext (doi)