Hayekian freedom means coercion-free endeavor within tradition, not emancipation from norms

Evidence

But what kind of restraint can be noncoercive? Not those set by political decisions or imposed by one person on another, but rather, those “commonly accepted by the members of the group in which the rules of morals prevail.” Lest this seem a minor point, Hayek concludes this note to himself: “the demand for ‘liberation’ from these restraints is an attack on all liberty possible among human beings.” Hayekian freedom, then, has nothing to do with emancipation from accepted social norms or powers. — Wendy Brown, In the Ruins of Neoliberalism, 159

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Hayek roots markets and morals in one ontology of spontaneously evolved tradition — Wendy Brown, In the Ruins of Neoliberalism: The Rise…, 158; Hayek makes private property, gender norms, and tradition supervenient over government — Wendy Brown, In the Ruins of Neoliberalism: The Rise…, 121; Hayek defines coercion so narrowly that only self-serving constraint counts — Wendy Brown, In the Ruins of Neoliberalism: The Rise…, 175 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• The desire for freedom from social conventions is not innate but culturally constructed. #corroborates (0.85)
• Liberal freedom means moving within one’s own culture, not beyond it #corroborates (0.85) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 932
• Hayek grounded freedom in the inevitability of ignorance #expands (0.80) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 221
• Freedom means choosing oneself within one’s world, not choosing the world itself. #corroborates (0.80)
• Emancipation from society weakens rather than empowers the individual #corroborates (0.75) — Theodor W. Adorno, Minima Moralia, 169