The Open Society and Its Enemies / / Karl R. Popper.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Popper, Karl R.,
• MitwirkendeR: Gombrich, E. H.,; Ryan, Alan,; Soros, George,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020]; ©1994
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Classics ; 119
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (804 p.)

A landmark defense of democracy that has been hailed as one of the most important books of the twentieth centuryOne of the most important books of the twentieth century, The Open Society and Its Enemies is an uncompromising defense of liberal democracy and a powerful attack on the intellectual origins of totalitarianism. An immediate sensation when it was first published, Karl Popper's monumental achievement has attained legendary status on both the Left and Right. Tracing the roots of an authoritarian tradition represented by Plato, Marx, and Hegel, Popper argues that the spirit of free, critical inquiry that governs scientific investigation should also apply to politics. In a new foreword, George Soros, who was a student of Popper, describes the "revelation" of first reading the book and how it helped inspire his philanthropic Open Society Foundations.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- Personal Recollections of the Publication of The Open Society -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION -- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION -- INTRODUCTION -- Volume I The Spell of Plato -- Introduction -- The Myth of Origin and Destiny -- 1 HISTORICISM AND THE MYTH OF DESTINY -- 2 HERACLITUS -- 3 PLATO'S THEORY OF FORMS OR IDEAS -- Plato's Descriptive Sociology -- 4 CHANGE AND REST -- 5 NATURE AND CONVENTION -- Plato's Political Programme -- 6 TOTALITARIAN JUSTICE -- 7 THE PRINCIPLE OF LEADERSHIP -- 8 THE PHILOSOPHER KING -- 9 AESTHETICISM, PERFECTIONISM, UTOPIANISM -- The Background of Plato's Attack -- 10 THE OPEN SOCIETY AND ITS ENEMIES -- ADDENDA -- Volume II The High Tide of Prophecy: Hegel, Marx, and the Aftermath -- The Rise of Oracular Philosophy -- 11 THE ARISTOTELIAN ROOTS OF HEGELIANISM -- 12 HEGEL AND THE NEW TRIBALISM -- Marx's Method -- 13 MARX'S SOCIOLOGICAL DETERMINISM -- 14 THE AUTONOMY OF SOCIOLOGY -- 15 ECONOMIC HISTORICISM -- 16 THE CLASSES -- 17 THE LEGAL AND THE SOCIAL SYSTEM -- Marx's Prophecy -- 18 THE COMING OF SOCIALISM -- 19 THE SOCIAL REVOLUTION -- 20 CAPITALISM AND ITS FATE -- 21 AN EVALUATION OF THE PROPHECY -- Marx's Ethics -- 22 THE MORAL THEORY OF HISTORICISM -- The Aftermath -- 23 THE SOCIOLOGY OF KNOWLEDGE -- 24 ORACULAR PHILOSOPHY AND THE REVOLT AGAINST REASON -- Conclusion -- 25 HAS HISTORY ANY MEANING? -- ADDENDA -- NOTES -- NOTES TO VOLUME I -- NOTES TO VOLUME II -- INDEX