The Open Society and Its Enemies (1+2)
About this book
An open society provides its citizens with a mechanism for changing government; a closed society doesn't, forcing its citizens to rely on extra-legal revolution. Popper analyzes the open-closed society debate using three exemplars of closed-society advocacy: Plato, Hegel (and wow, does Popper hate on Hegel), and Marx. The main analytical viewpoints are historicist (backward-looking, utopian) motivations for closed societies and rational (forward-looking, empirical) motivations for open societies.
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3.9/5 · 5 readers · 526 pages · ≈ 9 h 44 m · Demanding
How long does it take to read The Open Society and Its Enemies (1+2)?
About ≈ 9 h 44 m — 526 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is The Open Society and Its Enemies (1+2)?
526 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is The Open Society and Its Enemies (1+2)?
It sits on the Philosophy shelves.
Is The Open Society and Its Enemies (1+2) in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who are the main characters in The Open Society and Its Enemies (1+2)?
The main characters include Plato, Karl Marx (1818-1883).
Who wrote The Open Society and Its Enemies (1+2)?
Karl Popper.