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1900–2000 AD

← Back to All Books 1900–2000 AD The twentieth century brought revolutions in philosophy, economics, politics, science, psychology, literature, and modern ideas about freedom, society, and human nature. This section highlights George Santayana, Max Weber, Albert Einstein, James Joyce, Karl Barth, Ludwig von Mises, Arnold Toynbee, Friedrich Hayek, Karl Popper, Robert Ardrey, Jacques Barzun, and many other influential

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1936–1940

The Works of George Santayana

Santayana, George, 1863–1952

1948

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

Weber, Max, 1864–1920

1934

Rudyard Kipling’s Verse

Kipling, Rudyard, 1865–1936

1935

Our Enemy, the State

Nock, Albert Jay, 1870–1945

1931

The Secret of the Golden Flower

Wilhelm, Richard & C. G. Jung

1947

Relativity: The Special and General Theory

Einstein, Albert, 1879–1955

1950

The Meaning of Relativity

Einstein, Albert, 1879–1955

1956

Mozart: His Character, His Work

Einstein, Alfred, 1880–1952

1920

The Acquisitive Society

Tawney, R. H., 1880–1962

1926

Religion and the Rise of Capitalism

Tawney, R. H., 1880–1962

1947

The Decline of the West

Spengler, Oswald, 1880–1936

1947

Finnegans Wake

Joyce, James, 1882–1941

1938

The Knowledge of God and the Service of God

Barth, Karl, 1886–1968

1928

The Word of God and the Word of Man

Barth, Karl, 1886–1968

1953

The Theory of Money and Credit

Von Mises, Ludwig, 1881–1973

1951

Socialism

Von Mises, Ludwig, 1881–1973

1949

Human Action

Von Mises, Ludwig, 1881–1973

1963

Human Action

Von Mises, Ludwig, 1881–1973

1957

Theory and History

Von Mises, Ludwig, 1881–1973

1956

On Freedom and Free Enterprise

Schoeck & Others

1948

A Study of History

Toynbee, Arnold J., 1889–1975

1948

Civilization on Trial

Toynbee, Arnold J., 1889–1975

1948

Individualism and Economic Order

Hayek, Friedrich A. von, 1899–1992

1960

The Constitution of Liberty

Hayek, Friedrich A. von, 1899–1992

1952

The Counter-Revolution of Science

Hayek, Friedrich A. von, 1899–1992

1967

Deeper Than You Think

Read, Leonard E., 1898–1983

1968

Accent on the Right

Read, Leonard E., 1898–1983

1958

The Sources of Invention

Jewkes, Sawers & Stillerman

1940

The Confession of an Individualist

Chamberlin, William Henry, 1897–1969

1959

The Evolution of a Conservative

Chamberlin, William Henry, 1897–1969

1950

The Open Society and Its Enemies

Popper, Karl Raimund, 1902–1994

1958

Essays on Individuality

Morley, Felix, ed.

1952–

Essays on Liberty

Foundation for Economic Education

1949

The Power in the People

Morley, Felix, 1894–1982

1951

The Foreign Policy of the United States

Morley, Felix, 1894–1982

1960

The Federalist: A Classic on Federalism and Free Government

Dietze, Gottfried

1968

America’s Political Dilemma

Dietze, Gottfried

1963

In Defense of Property

Dietze, Gottfried

1960

A Humane Economy

Röpke, Wilhelm, 1899–1966

1963

Economics of a Free Society

Röpke, Wilhelm, 1899–1966

1960

The Freudian Ethic

Apter, Richard Tracy

1946

The Way of Inflation

Hazlitt, Henry

1957

The Breakdown of Nations

Kohr, Leopold, 1909–1994

1961

African Genesis

Ardrey, Robert

1966

The Territorial Imperative

Ardrey, Robert

1971

Between Nothingness and Paradise

Niemeyer, Gerhart

1979

What Should Economists Do?

Buchanan, James M.

1977

Economic Forces at Work

Alchian, Armen A.

1961

The Evolution of Civilizations

Quigley, Carroll

1947

Freedom and Reform

Knight, Frank H.

1981

Teacher in America

Barzun, Jacques, 1907–2012

1983

Political Economy and Freedom

Nutter, G. Warren

1977

The Servile State

Belloc, Hilaire, 1870–1953

1982

Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution

Dicey, A. V., 1835–1922