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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
- 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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Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691019681
ISBN-13
9780691019680
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237100
Product Key Features
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
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
12 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
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Intended Audience
College Audience
Lc Classification Number
Ja71
Copyright Date
1967
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