ISBN-13: 9781433105562 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 284 str.
The Viennese Socrates: Karl Popper and the Reconstruction of Progressive Politics examines Karl Popper s attempt to develop a political theory that draws upon Socratic fallibilism and commitment to ethical autonomy while preserving progressive sociological insights and commitment to activism. Philip Benesch argues that Popper s critique of Marxist theory is largely an endeavor to separate its progressive-activist core from its positivist and uncritical-rationalist entanglements. The author defends Popper against the charges of positivism and scientism leveled by the Frankfurt School, among others. Although he is in no sense an apologist for Popper s commentary on the classical tradition of philosophy, Benesch contends that Popper s philosophical contribution is of classical breadth and significance and that it continues and advances -the great conversation- that is the substance of the classical tradition."