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The Closed Society and Its Ligatures—A Critique Using the Example of 'Landscape'

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  1. Olaf Kühne

    1. Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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  2. Karsten Berr

    1. Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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  3. Corinna Jenal

    1. Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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  • Open society as a guarantor of life chances
  • On the updating of Ralf Dahrendorf's concept of life chances
  • Discussion of one of the great challenges of our time

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction

    • Olaf Kühne, Karsten Berr, Corinna Jenal
    Pages 1-4

  3. Open Societies as Guarantors of Life Chances

    • Olaf Kühne, Karsten Berr, Corinna Jenal
    Pages 5-28

  4. Morals, Moralizations, and Landscapes

    • Olaf Kühne, Karsten Berr, Corinna Jenal
    Pages 29-63

  5. Open and Closed Societies

    • Olaf Kühne, Karsten Berr, Corinna Jenal
    Pages 65-93

  6. Landscapes as Consequences and Side Effects of Hostility towards the Open Society

    • Olaf Kühne, Karsten Berr, Corinna Jenal
    Pages 95-102

  7. …and then Probably the Open Society with its Landscapes after all

    • Olaf Kühne, Karsten Berr, Corinna Jenal
    Pages 103-114

  8. The Open Society and its Life Chances—a Condensate as Conclusion

    • Olaf Kühne, Karsten Berr, Corinna Jenal
    Pages 115-115

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 117-145
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About this book

In the face of great challenges, utopian thinking is currently in vogue. The fact that utopias, with their ideas of an idealized target society, are not compatible with the basic features of an Open Society was already pointed out by Karl Popper in his book 'Die Offene Gesellschaft und ihre Feinde' (The Open Society and its Enemies) under the impression of National Socialism and Stalinism. In the present book, further forms of Closed Societies and the principal similarities (and differences) of their construction are examined. This is done by drawing on Ralf Dahrendorf's concept of life chances, in which he deals with the interaction of options and ligatures. The ambivalence of Dahrendorf's understanding of ligatures, since they restrict options on the one hand, but also give them meaning on the other, is resolved by a threefold differentiation: into ethical and moral, internally and externally directed, and explicit and implicit ligatures. While the former are capable of enabling lifechances, the latter tend to limit them. Based on this, the authors elaborate on the landscape (side) consequences of various closed societies and how ill-suited they are for dealing with current challenges.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

    Olaf Kühne, Karsten Berr, Corinna Jenal

About the authors

Dr. Dr. Olaf Kühne is professor of Urban and Regional Development at the University of Tübingen.


Dr. Karsten Berr is a research associate in the research group on Urban and Regional Development at the University of Tübingen.

Dr. Corinna Jenal is an academic councillor in the research group on Urban and Regional Development at the University of Tübingen.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Closed Society and Its Ligatures—A Critique Using the Example of 'Landscape'

  • Authors: Olaf Kühne, Karsten Berr, Corinna Jenal

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-40113-9

  • Publisher: Springer Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-40112-2Published: 19 February 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-40113-9Published: 18 February 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 145

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Social Theory, Social Sciences, general, Cultural Geography

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