{"product_id":"a-propensity-to-selfsubversion-9780674715585","title":"A Propensity to Self-Subversion","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlbert O. Hirschman is renowned worldwide for theories that have been at the forefront of political economics during the last half century. In these twenty essays he casts his sharp analytical eye on his own ideas  questioning and qualifying some of his major propositions on social change and economic development. Hirschmans self-subversion  as well as the self-affirmation that is also present here  reveal the workings of a distinguished mind. They also bring us fresh perspective on the material in his twelve previous books and countless essays.In the substantial essays that open this collection  Hirschman reappraises points he made in such books as Exit  Voice  and Loyalty  The Strategy of Economic Development  and The Rhetoric of Reaction. Subsequent essays fruitfully reexplore the themes of Latin American development and market society that have occupied him throughout his career. Hirschman also forays into new puzzles  such as the likely impact  negative or otherwise  of the Eastern European revolutions of 1989 on the Third World  the on-and-off connections between political and economic progress  and the role of conflict in enhancing community spirit in a liberal democracy.  In a rare and particularly welcome section of the book  Hirschman presents autobiographical fragments that reflect his deep involvement in some of the important events of this century. He recollects his flight from Hitlers Germany in 1933  his studies in Paris  his work with the antifascist underground in Italy in 1937-38  and his role in helping Varian Fry in Marseilles  in 1940  to rescue political and intellectual refugees from Vichy France. Such accounts deepen our understanding of how Hirschmans penetrating insights took shape.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45953349222453,"sku":"ByrdShop_0674715586","price":26.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780674715585.jpg?v=1788186041","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/a-propensity-to-selfsubversion-9780674715585","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}