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News: Autumn 1992

Hayek Dead

The Austrian political philosopher and economist Friedrich Hayek died on 23rd March, at the age of 92. An old-fashioned liberal, his book The Road to Serfdom (1944) enjoyed a huge upsurge of popularity in the 1980’s, as the bible of the libertarian right. However, his most important political work is generally reckoned to be The Constitution of Liberty (1961).

Deconstructing Derrida

On 21st March, a row began at Cambridge University over a proposal to give an honorary degree to the French deconstructionist philosopher Jacques Derrida. Three dons stood up at a degree ceremony and indicated their opposition to the award by calling out “non placet”.

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