Human Action: Austrian Sociology
Economics HA2 — with David Gordon
Cost: $59 Length: 6 Weekly Lectures
Dates: March 12, 2013 - April 22, 2013
Status: Upcoming
This course covers Part II of Human Action. It is NOT required to have taken Human Action, Part I before taking this course.
In this course, we’ll examine some of the most important concepts in Human Action. Mises asked a profound question: what is the basis of human society? He found the answer in social cooperation. Human beings gain more from peaceful exchange than from destructive struggles, and Mises made this fundamental fact the basis of his social theory.
Social cooperation through the free market makes possible the division of labor. Trade and specialization are keys to continued prosperity. We’ll study Mises’s brilliant extension of David Ricardo’s law of comparative cost into a more general law of association.
We will also look at Mises’s account of the role of ideas in history, his refutation of collectivist and holistic accounts of society, and his explanation of calculative action. Students who complete the course will gain an understanding of essential themes in Mises’s thought. The course doesn’t presuppose any previous knowledge of Human Action.
The course consists of six weekly lectures. Each lecture is followed by questions and discussion. For those who want to take the course for credit, a quiz for each lecture will be available.
The chapters of Human Action that will be covered are as follows;
PART TWO
ACTION WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF SOCIETY
Chapter VIII. Human Society [ read in .pdf] [See the Study Guide, Chap VIII]
In this course, we’ll examine some of the most important concepts in Human Action. Mises asked a profound question: what is the basis of human society? He found the answer in social cooperation. Human beings gain more from peaceful exchange than from destructive struggles, and Mises made this fundamental fact the basis of his social theory.
Social cooperation through the free market makes possible the division of labor. Trade and specialization are keys to continued prosperity. We’ll study Mises’s brilliant extension of David Ricardo’s law of comparative cost into a more general law of association.
We will also look at Mises’s account of the role of ideas in history, his refutation of collectivist and holistic accounts of society, and his explanation of calculative action. Students who complete the course will gain an understanding of essential themes in Mises’s thought. The course doesn’t presuppose any previous knowledge of Human Action.
The course consists of six weekly lectures. Each lecture is followed by questions and discussion. For those who want to take the course for credit, a quiz for each lecture will be available.
Lectures:
Lectures will be held Tuesdays at 5:30 pm Eastern.Reading:
All readings will be free and online. A full hyper-linked syllabus with readings for each weekly topic will be available for all students.The chapters of Human Action that will be covered are as follows;
PART TWO
ACTION WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF SOCIETY
Chapter VIII. Human Society [ read in .pdf] [See the Study Guide, Chap VIII]
- Human Cooperation (p. 143)
- A Critique of the Holistic and Metaphysical View of Society (p. 145)
- The Division of Labor (p. 157)
- The Ricardian Law of Association (p. 159)
- The Effects of the Division of Labor (p. 164)
- The Individual Within Society (p. 165)
- The Great Society (p. 169)
- The Instinct of Aggression and Destruction (p. 170)
- Human Reason (p. 177)
- World View and Ideology (p. 178)
- Might (p. 187)
- Meliorism and the Idea of Progress (p. 191)
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