ISBN:
9780691212067
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Edition:
one-volume edition
Series Statement:
Princeton Classics
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
301
Keywords:
PHILOSOPHY / Political
;
Philosophy
;
Social sciences
;
Sozialphilosophie
;
Sozialphilosophie
Abstract:
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
Note:
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Okt 2020). - Enthält Volume I: The spell of Plato und Volume II: The high tide of prophecy.
,
In English
DOI:
10.1515/9780691212067
URL:
Volltext
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