The Open Society and Its Enemies : : New One-Volume Edition /

The Open Society and Its Enemies : : New One-Volume Edition / / Karl R. Popper.

One of the most important books of the twentieth century, Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies is an uncompromising defense of liberal democracy and a powerful attack on the intellectual origins of totalitarianism. Popper was born in 1902 to a Viennese family of Jewish origin. He taug...

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VerfasserIn:
Popper, Karl R.,
TeilnehmendeR:
Gombrich, E. H.
Ryan, Alan.
MitwirkendeR:
Gombrich, E. H.,
Ryan, Alan,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Edition:New One-Volume edition with a New introduction by Alan Ryan and an essay by E. H. Gombrich
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (808 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • 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
  • The Myth of Origin and Destiny
  • Plato's Descriptive Sociology
  • Plato's Political Programme
  • The Background of Plato's Attack
  • Addenda (1957, 1961, 1965)
  • Volume II: The High Tide of Prophecy
  • The Rise of Oracular Philosophy
  • Marx's Method
  • Marx's Prophecy
  • Marx's Ethics
  • The Aftermath
  • Conclusion
  • Addenda (1961, 1965)

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