Karl Popper

The Open Society and its Enemies (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Popper's legendary attack on the philosophies of Plato, Hegel and Marx prophesied the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and exposed the fatal flaws of socially engineered political systems. Available here in a special single volume edition.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 920
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136749773
• Artikelnr.: 38275684

Autorenporträt

Karl Popper (1902-1994). Philosopher, born in Vienna. One of the most influential and controversial thinkers of the twentieth century.

Inhaltsangabe

The High Tide of Prophecy. The Rise of Oracular Philosophy - The Aristotelian Roots of Hegelianism
hegel and The New Tribalism. Marx's Method - Marx's Sociological Determinism
The Autonomy of Sociology
Economic Historicism
The Classes
The Legal and the Cocial System. Marx's Prophecy - The Coming of Socialism
The Social Revolution
Capitalism and Its Fate
An Evaluation of the Prophecy. Marx's Ethics - The Moral Theory of Historicism. The Aftermath - The Sociology of Knowledgy
Oracular Philosophy and the Revolt aganist Reason. Conclusion - Has History any Meaning? Addenda (1961
1965).

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The High Tide of Prophecy. The Rise of Oracular Philosophy - The Aristotelian Roots of Hegelianism, hegel and The New Tribalism. Marx's Method - Marx's Sociological Determinism, The Autonomy of Sociology, Economic Historicism, The Classes, The Legal and the Cocial System. Marx's Prophecy - The Coming of Socialism, The Social Revolution, Capitalism and Its Fate, An Evaluation of the Prophecy. Marx's Ethics - The Moral Theory of Historicism. The Aftermath - The Sociology of Knowledgy, Oracular Philosophy and the Revolt aganist Reason. Conclusion - Has History any Meaning? Addenda (1961, 1965).

Rezensionen

'A modern classic.' - The Independent

'A brilliant polemic It remains the best intellectual defence of liberal democracy against know-it-all totalitarianism.' - The Economist

'This is a work of great interest and significance, stimulating and suggestive throughout. Dr Popper's virtues are manifold. He has a great fertility of ideas. Almost every sentence gives us something to think about.' - G.C. Field, Philosophy

'A modern classic.' - The Independent

'A brilliant polemic It remains the best intellectual defence of liberal democracy against know-it-all totalitarianism.' - The Economist

'This is a work of great interest and significance, stimulating and suggestive throughout. Dr Popper's virtues are manifold. He has a great fertility of ideas. Almost every sentence gives us something to think about.' - G.C. Field, Philosophy