Herbert Marcuse e Friedrich Hayek

: um debate sobre o mercado livre

Abstract

The modern capitalist market is proving to be one of the main themes of the economic, political and social debate of our time. Its dynamism and productivity, but also its contradictions, have been the subject of heated and disputed debate among thinkers and intellectuals from all the different political families. This dissertation seeks to better understand the complexity and the debate surrounding the modern capitalist market by analysing the work of two thinkers with very different views on what the free market is and its political and social consequences, Friedrich Hayek and Herbert Marcuse. Thus, I will try to define and understand what meaning these two authors attribute to the market, its complexity, its relationship with politics and society, and how it contributes to the advance, or decline, of modern society. To this extent, this paper seeks to understand how the authors, Herbert Marcuse and Friedrich Hayek, understand the modern free market within the capitalist system, trying to reflect further on the association that both authors elaborate between the market and the freedom of each individual, the correlation between their vision of the market and its political and social consequences, but also the implications that their distinct approaches on the market have on individual happiness itself.

Date of Award	16 Nov 2023
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Miguel Morgado (Supervisor)