在西方知识界,哈耶克是作为古典自由主义者为大家所认可的。古典自由主义所坚守的就是经济学上所称的“自由行动而非意图设计”的社会秩序。《致命的自负》是哈耶克生前最后一部作品,也是他的最为重要和最有代表性的著作之一。这部作品不同以往作品的意义在于,它或许是哈耶克对自己毕生所反对的集权社会主义思想的总结。而这种总结恰恰是哈耶克一生坚 In Western intellectual circles, Hayek was recognized by all as a classical liberal. Classical liberalism is what the economists call “free-action rather than design” social order. “Deadly conceit” is the last work of Hayek during his lifetime, but also one of his most important and most representative book. The significance of this work, which differs from the previous works, is that it may be Hayek’s conclusion of the authoritarian socialist thought he had opposed to his life. This conclusion is precisely Hayek’s life firm