The Open Society and Its Enemies /

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

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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 origi...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (804 p.)
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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

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