DEMOCRACY: THE GOD THAT FAILED: THE ECONOMICS AND POLITICS OF MONARCHY, DEMOCRACY, AND NATURAL ORDER

Book ID/图书代码： 13149010B41241

English Summary/英文概要： The core of this book is a systematic treatment of the historic transformation of the West from monarchy to democracy. Revisionist in nature, it reaches the conclusion that monarchy is a lesser evil than democracy, but outlines deficiencies in both. Its methodology is axiomatic-deductive, allowing the writer to derive economic and sociological theorems, and then apply them to interpret historical events. A compelling chapter on time preference describes the progress of civilization as lowering time preferences as capital structure is built, and explains how the interaction between people can lower time all around, with interesting parallels to the Ricardian Law of Association. By focusing on this transformation, the author is able to interpret many historical phenomena, such as rising levels of crime, degeneration of standards of conduct and morality, and the growth of the mega-state. In underscoring the deficiencies of both monarchy and democracy, the author demonstrates how these systems are both inferior to a natural order based on private-property.

Hoppe deconstructs the classical liberal belief in the possibility of limited government and calls for an alignment of conservatism and libertarianism as natural allies with common goals. He defends the proper role of the production of defense as undertaken by insurance companies on a free market, and describes the emergence of private law among competing insurers. Having established a natural order as superior on utilitarian grounds, the author goes on to assess the prospects for achieving a natural order. Informed by his analysis of the deficiencies of social democracy, and armed with the social theory of legitimation, he forsees secession as the likely future of the US and Europe, resulting in a multitude of region and city-states. This book complements the author’s previous work defending the ethics of private property and natural order. Democracy - The God that Failed will be of interest to scholars and students of history, political economy, and political philosophy.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这本书的核心是对西方君主立宪制到民主制历史性转变的系统性理解。本书以修正主义为基调，得出的结论认为君主制和民主制比起来是不幸中之大幸，但也概括出这两个政治体制都存在的不足。本书采用的论述方法是简单明了，作者很容易总结出经济和社会理论，然后将其应用于诠释历史事件。本书中关于时间的一个引人入胜的章节描述文明的进程，用较少的时间建立资本结构；解释了人们如何用较少的时间进行互动并列举李嘉图律师协会有趣的相似之处。通过聚焦这一转变，作者能够解释许多历史现象，如不断增加的犯罪，行为准则和道德标准的演变以及大型国有企业的成长。在强调这两个君主制和民主制的不足之处时，作者证明了这些体制都逊于以私有财产为基础的自然发展法则。
霍普解构了古典自由主义信仰，即有限统治的可能性以及对诸如自然配合共同目标一样的保守主义和自由主义趋同的呼吁。他为防卫产品目前正由保险公司在自由市场上所扮演的适当角色进行辩护，并介绍了出现在互相竞争的保险公司间私自商定的协议。建立以功力为基础的自然秩序，作者继续评估其实现的前景。通过他对社会民主制缺陷的分析和对合法化的社会理论的了解，他预测了美国和欧洲在不久的未来可能发生的分裂，这将导致多元化的地区和多城市国家的产生。本书补充了作者之前关于捍卫私有财产和自然秩序的道德问题的作品。《民主制：上帝的失败》适合学者、历史政治经济专业学生以及政治哲学专业学生。(兼职翻译-JDM)

Awards/获奖情况：“汉斯赫尔曼•霍普从理论上严格审视现代西方政府悲惨的状态受到广泛而深刻的关注。他对原因的分析堪称一流。他推荐的解决办法——个人最大限度地脱离以及集体分裂——是值得那些认为现在的政府不受任何限制并且会在不变更的政党带领下不断壮大的人们认真思考的。”——克莱德•N•威尔逊，美国保守党成员
“这种对移民错误观点强有力地更正只是他(霍普)本书所提及的卓越的观点之一，本书可以看比《共产党宣言〉。”——《美国的文艺复兴》

About the Author/作者介绍： 汉斯赫尔曼•霍普从德国美因河畔的法兰克福约翰沃尔夫冈歌德大学毕业，获得博士学位和相关资格。他目前是美国拉斯维加斯内华达州立大学经济学教授，奥本大学路德维希·冯·米塞斯研究所高级研究员以及《自由研究刊物：跨学科评论季刊》编辑。

HANS-HERMANN HOPPE received his Ph.D. and his "Habilitation" from the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He is currently professor of economics at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, senior fellow of the Ludwing von Mises Institute, Auburn, AL, and editor of the Journal of Libertarian Studies: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly Review.

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