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The open society and its enemies

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Publication details: London Routledge 1966Edition: 5thDescription: 870p xxxixISBN:
  • 0415282365
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 301 POP POP
Contents:
Contents Foreword; Preface: ‘Karl Popper’s The Open Society and Its Enemies in the contemporary global world’ by Václav Havel. ‘Personal Recollections of the Publication of The Open Society’ by E.H. Gombrich; Acknowledgements; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Introduction; VOLUME 1: THE SPELL OF PLATO; 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(1957,1961,1965) VOLUME 2: THE HIGH TIDE OF PROPHECY ; THE RISE OF ORACULAR PHILOSOPHY ; 11. The Aristotelian Roots of Hegelianism ; 12. Hegel and The New Tribalism MARX'S METHOD; 13. 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 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 (1961, 1965); NOTES ; Notes to Volume 1 ; Notes to Volume 2 ; Index
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Contents
Foreword;
Preface: ‘Karl Popper’s The Open Society and Its Enemies in the contemporary global world’ by Václav Havel. ‘Personal Recollections of the Publication of The Open Society’ by E.H. Gombrich;
Acknowledgements;
Preface to the First Edition;
Preface to the Second Edition;
Introduction;
VOLUME 1: THE SPELL OF PLATO;
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(1957,1961,1965)
VOLUME 2: THE HIGH TIDE OF PROPHECY ;
THE RISE OF ORACULAR PHILOSOPHY ;
11. The Aristotelian Roots of Hegelianism ;
12. Hegel and The New Tribalism MARX'S METHOD;
13. 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 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 (1961, 1965);
NOTES ;
Notes to Volume 1 ;
Notes to Volume 2 ;
Index