After the Open Society: Selected Social and Political Writings

ISBN-13: 9780415309080 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 528 str.

Karl Popper

Opis

In this long-awaited volume, Jeremy Shearmur and Piers Norris Turner bring to light Popper's most important unpublished and uncollected writings from the time of The Open Society until his death in 1994. After The Open Society: Selected Social and Political Writings reveals the development of Popper's political and philosophical thought during and after the Second World War, from his early socialism through to the radical humanitarianism of The Open Society. The papers in this collection, many of which are available here for the first time, demonstrate the clarity and pertinence of Popper's thinking on such topics as religion, history, Plato and Aristotle, while revealing a lifetime of unwavering political commitment. After The Open Society illuminates the thought of one of the twentieth century's greatest philosophers and is essential reading for anyone interested in the recent course of philosophy, politics, history and society.

Recenzje

'In sum, this volume deserves to be warmly welcomed by scholars of Popper. Summing up: Reommended' - CHOICE

'This book is excellent. It is largely unpublished material from Popper's literary remains regarding his The Open Society and Its Enemies that conveys some interesting stories about its publication and initial reception, throws light on its message, and complements it somewhat. The book also contains much that Popper hardly discussed elsewhere.' - Philosophy of the Social Sciences

'[an] expert selection of archival materials and obscure publications...' - ISIS

Spis treści

Part 1: Introduction: Optimist, Pessimist and Pragmatist Views of Scientific Knowledge  Part 2: Memories of Austria  1. Julius Kraft 1898-1960  2. Memories of Otto Neurath  3. Introduction to Fritz Kolb, Es Kam Ganz Anders  4. Anti-Semitism in Austria: a Letter to Friedrich Hayek  Part 3: Lectures from New Zealand  5. Science and Religion  6. Ideal and Rationality  7. Moral Man and Immoral Society  8. Is There a Meaning in History?  Part 4: On The Open Society  9. Correspondence with Carnap on Social Philosophy  10. Letter to Fritz Hellin on The Open Society  11. Letter to Alfred Braunthal on The Open Society  12. Uniting the Camp of Humanitarianism  13. Public and Private Values  14. On the Theory of Totalitarianism  15. Social Institutions and Personal Responsibility  16. The Open Society After Five Years  17. Platonic Holiday  18. Response to de Vries  19. On The Free Man's Library  20. Letters to Isaiah Berlin  21. Historical Explanation  22. Correspondence with Ernst Badian on Aristotle's Politics  23. Plato  Part 5: The Cold War and After  24. The Open Society and the Democratic State  25. Popper to Hayek on the Abstract Society and ‘Inner Freedom’  26. The Status of Science: A Broadcast to Russia  27. A Note on the Cold War  28. How to get out of Viet Nam  29. On For Conservatives Only  30. Was ist liberal?  31. On Reason and The Open Society  32. For a Better World  33. Historical Prophecy as an Obstacle to Peace  34. Letter to Bryan Magee on Nationalization  35. Preface to Italian Poverty of Historicism  36. On The New Liberty  37. On Toleration  38. The Importance of Critical Discussion  39. The Critical Attitude in Medicine  40. On Receiving the Fondation Tocqueville Prize  41. On Democracy  42. Outline of My Views  43. Historicism and the Soviet Union  44. The Open Society Today  45. Letter to my Russian Readers  46. The Communist Road to Self-enslavement  47. Europe Now Exists  48. Against the Misuse of Television