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Re: New Paul Cantor Book on Mises.Org-Literature and the Economics of liberty :spontaneous order in culture

thelion — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 07:33:56 GMT

Good book (two chapters in on the pdf). I agree with Mr. Tucker that this makes a good present when it come out to give to friends who have gone through the standard socialist literary criticism in college.

Note: Its strange that Lion Feutchwanger doesn't make it in, whereas Walt Whitman is in. (Of course, Feutchwanger went from anti-communist to communist to anti-communist.) Brecht, who was always a communist, but a friend of Feuchtwanger's somehow gets mentioned even though his influence was much lesser and restricted to theater?

Re: New Paul Cantor Book on Mises.Org-Literature and the Economics of liberty :spontaneous order in culture

Conza88 — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 07:18:39 GMT

Esuric:
Wow, okay then.

Haha... amazing review, hey lol

Re: New Paul Cantor Book on Mises.Org-Literature and the Economics of liberty :spontaneous order in culture

Chris — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 07:10:44 GMT

jtucker:

The entire field of literary criticism is dominated (as in nearly 100%) by Marxists who demonize the market as the key enemy of life. Everything is seen through that lens. This book turns the prevailing paradigm upsidedown - does criticism according to a pro-market, pro-Austrian point of view. It is the ONLY and FIRST book to do this and it is by top scholars in the field whose work in this area has never been seen in this light.

For Austrians and libertarians, it means the discovery of a completely new area of friends in literature, friends that we didn't know we had, people like Willa Cather for example. Chapter after chapter map this out and prove.

In both these senses, this book is pioneering, something that will be etched into the fabric of our tradition of thought for generations.

What you are seeing is a glimpse of a new world in research paradigms.

I am registered for a literature class next semester titled "The Individual and Society" - the book discussed here seems like it may prove to be a nice supplementary text.

Re: New Paul Cantor Book on Mises.Org-Literature and the Economics of liberty :spontaneous order in culture

Beefheart — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:51:39 GMT

The link in the OP isn't working for me. Did anyone find out when this is going to be sold on at the Mises Store? I really want my hands on this.

Re: New Paul Cantor Book on Mises.Org-Literature and the Economics of liberty :spontaneous order in culture

Anders Mikkelsen — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:06:58 GMT

WOW! This is going straight on to my Sony Reader!

Thanks again for making things happen,

-Anders

Re: New Paul Cantor Book on Mises.Org-Literature and the Economics of liberty :spontaneous order in culture

AnonLLF — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:41:32 GMT

jtucker:

The entire field of literary criticism is dominated (as in nearly 100%) by Marxists who demonize the market as the key enemy of life. Everything is seen through that lens. This book turns the prevailing paradigm upsidedown - does criticism according to a pro-market, pro-Austrian point of view. It is the ONLY and FIRST book to do this and it is by top scholars in the field whose work in this area has never been seen in this light.

For Austrians and libertarians, it means the discovery of a completely new area of friends in literature, friends that we didn't know we had, people like Willa Cather for example. Chapter after chapter map this out and prove.

In both these senses, this book is pioneering, something that will be etched into the fabric of our tradition of thought for generations.

What you are seeing is a glimpse of a new world in research paradigms.

Sold! I had a brief scan of it the other day when I saw it and downloaded it. Just scanning through I knew it was important and very well done. Thanks to everyone for making this book available.I can't wait to read it ,I'm a big fan of cantor's analysis.It's just a shame my current reading list that I'm trying to work through ,is hugeee!. I will read it very soon though.

Re: New Paul Cantor Book on Mises.Org-Literature and the Economics of liberty :spontaneous order in culture

Beefheart — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:33:52 GMT

This sounds incredible. I will definitely get myself a copy once it hits the Mises store.

Re: New Paul Cantor Book on Mises.Org-Literature and the Economics of liberty :spontaneous order in culture

phrizek — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 04:39:07 GMT

jtucker:

The entire field of literary criticism is dominated (as in nearly 100%) by Marxists who demonize the market as the key enemy of life. Everything is seen through that lens. This book turns the prevailing paradigm upsidedown - does criticism according to a pro-market, pro-Austrian point of view. It is the ONLY and FIRST book to do this and it is by top scholars in the field whose work in this area has never been seen in this light.

For Austrians and libertarians, it means the discovery of a completely new area of friends in literature, friends that we didn't know we had, people like Willa Cather for example. Chapter after chapter map this out and prove.

In both these senses, this book is pioneering, something that will be etched into the fabric of our tradition of thought for generations.

What you are seeing is a glimpse of a new world in research paradigms.

This is exactly what I've been looking for/daydreaming about! Thanks for making this available Jeffrey. Downloaded.

Re: New Paul Cantor Book on Mises.Org-Literature and the Economics of liberty :spontaneous order in culture

Esuric — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 04:14:07 GMT

jtucker:

The entire field of literary criticism is dominated (as in nearly 100%) by Marxists who demonize the market as the key enemy of life. Everything is seen through that lens. This book turns the prevailing paradigm upsidedown - does criticism according to a pro-market, pro-Austrian point of view. It is the ONLY and FIRST book to do this and it is by top scholars in the field whose work in this area has never been seen in this light.

For Austrians and libertarians, it means the discovery of a completely new area of friends in literature, friends that we didn't know we had, people like Willa Cather for example. Chapter after chapter map this out and prove.

In both these senses, this book is pioneering, something that will be etched into the fabric of our tradition of thought for generations.

What you are seeing is a glimpse of a new world in research paradigms.

Wow, okay then.

Re: New Paul Cantor Book on Mises.Org-Literature and the Economics of liberty :spontaneous order in culture

jtucker — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 04:06:02 GMT

The entire field of literary criticism is dominated (as in nearly 100%) by Marxists who demonize the market as the key enemy of life. Everything is seen through that lens. This book turns the prevailing paradigm upsidedown - does criticism according to a pro-market, pro-Austrian point of view. It is the ONLY and FIRST book to do this and it is by top scholars in the field whose work in this area has never been seen in this light.

For Austrians and libertarians, it means the discovery of a completely new area of friends in literature, friends that we didn't know we had, people like Willa Cather for example. Chapter after chapter map this out and prove.

In both these senses, this book is pioneering, something that will be etched into the fabric of our tradition of thought for generations.

What you are seeing is a glimpse of a new world in research paradigms.

Re: New Paul Cantor Book on Mises.Org-Literature and the Economics of liberty :spontaneous order in culture

Esuric — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:10:43 GMT

jtucker:

Two things

1. This book is unbelievably amazing, forging a wholly new paradigm

2. We have it up even before it is print

I'm surprised how little comment this has elicited.

Why is this book so revolutionary?

Re: New Paul Cantor Book on Mises.Org-Literature and the Economics of liberty :spontaneous order in culture

jtucker — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:01:52 GMT

Don't have a precise date but it will be out before you know it, and yes it will be sold through the Mises Store.

Re: New Paul Cantor Book on Mises.Org-Literature and the Economics of liberty :spontaneous order in culture

Thedesolateone — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:58:47 GMT

Not fully taking this in I was very excited and went straight to the store to buy it with my brand new $50 token, only to realise it didn't exist. As much as I love all the free stuff on mises.org (I have Requiem for Marx, The Failure of the "New Economics", Defending the Undefendable and The Myth of National Defence) it's really nice to have a real hard copy of a book and that book looked so interesting (especially as a present for my girlfriend's parents).

Any idea when it will be out? Will the mises store stock it?

Re: New Paul Cantor Book on Mises.Org-Literature and the Economics of liberty :spontaneous order in culture

jtucker — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:44:37 GMT

Two things

1. This book is unbelievably amazing, forging a wholly new paradigm

2. We have it up even before it is print

I'm surprised how little comment this has elicited.

New Paul Cantor Book on Mises.Org-Literature and the Economics of liberty :spontaneous order in culture

AnonLLF — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:40:53 GMT

http://mises.org/books/literature_and_liberty_cantor.pdf