Hayek has stated a remarkable theory of the "invisible hand", which he conveys with the concepts and words of the modern systemic theory. The market is a self-organizing system which uses a twofold communicating device, with two "media", law and prices. Both media do embody useful information...

In this book, the French philosopher Philippe Nemo sets out to define briefly but clearly what western civilization means, guided by a philosophical and historical analysis of how it came into being. (Published in German.)

Klappentext: Philippe Nemo unternimmt in diesem Buch mit Hilfe einer geschichtlichen Untersuchung den Versuch, den Begriff des "Westens" systematisch herzuleiten. Er betrachtet die abendländische Kultur dabei weder als ein Produkt des Zufalls noch der Zwangsläufigkeit, sondern erkennt in ihr...