In light of a growing body of scholarship that has cast doubt on the analytic import of spontaneous order, the purpose of my article is to rethink the intellectual relationship between Edmund Burke and Friedrich Hayek by suggesting that reading spontaneous order into Burke’s thought introduces greater tensions between the two thinkers than prior scholars have suggested. One crucial tension, I suggest, is that Hayek believed that contractual arrangements, competitive markets and the rule of law could sustain the growth of social order, while Burke maintained that particular social institutions and practices should remain protected from the full power of voluntary contracts and exchange relations. I conclude by suggesting that the tensions between Hayek and Burke could serve as complementary instruments, rather than as foes, in strengthening the liberal project in modernity.

鉴于越来越多的学者对自发秩序的分析意义产生怀疑，我的文章旨在通过建议将自发秩序读入伯克思想中来重新思考埃德蒙·伯克和弗里德里希·哈耶克之间的智力关系。这两位思想家比以前的学者都建议过。我认为，一个关键的紧张局势是哈耶克认为，合同安排，竞争性市场和法治可以维持社会秩序的增长，而伯克则认为，应保护特定的社会制度和实践不受自愿合同和合同的全部效力。交换关系。最后，我建议哈耶克与伯克之间的紧张关系可以作为补充工具，而不是敌人，