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Open Society and Its Enemies, Volume 1: The Spell of Plato by Karl R Popper

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Publication Date
1971-02-21
Edition Number
5
Pages
376
ISBN
0691019681
Book Title
Open Society and Its Enemies, Volume 1 : the Spell of Plato
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Item Length
8.5 in
Edition
5
Publication Year
1971
Type
Textbook
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
1.1 in
Author
Karl R. Popper
Genre
Philosophy
Topic
Social, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical
Item Weight
12 Oz
Item Width
5.5 in
Number of Pages
376 Pages

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Popper was born in 1902 to a Viennese family of Jewish origin. He taught in Austria until 1937, when he emigrated to New Zealand in anticipation of the Nazi annexation of Austria the following year, and he settled in England in 1949. Before the annexation, Popper had written mainly about the philosophy of science, but from 1938 until the end of the Second World War he focused his energies on political philosophy, seeking to diagnose the intellectual origins of German and Soviet totalitarianism. The Open Society and Its Enemies was the result. In the book, Popper condemned Plato, Marx, and Hegel as "holists" and "historicists"--a holist, according to Popper, believes that individuals are formed entirely by their social groups; historicists believe that social groups evolve according to internal principles that it is the intellectual's task to uncover. Popper, by contrast, held that social affairs are unpredictable, and argued vehemently against social engineering. He also sought to shift the focus of political philosophy away from questions about who ought to rule toward questions about how to minimize the damage done by the powerful. The book was an immediate sensation, and--though it has long been criticized for its portrayals of Plato, Marx, and Hegel--it has remained a landmark on the left and right alike for its defense of freedom and the spirit of critical inquiry.

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Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691019681
ISBN-13
9780691019680
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Edition
5
Book Title
Open Society and Its Enemies, Volume 1 : the Spell of Plato
Number of Pages
376 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1971
Topic
Social, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical
Genre
Philosophy
Type
Textbook
Author
Karl R. Popper
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
12 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in

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College Audience
Lc Classification Number
Ja71
Copyright Date
1967

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