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The Open Society and Its Enemies

Paperback • 2003 • English • 1. edition

The Open Society and Its Enemies: The spell of Plato

By Karl Raimund Popper

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About the book

Written in political exile during the Second World War and first published in 1945, Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies is one of the most influential books of the twentieth century. Hailed by Bertrand Russell as a 'vigorous and profound defence of democracy', its now legendary attack on the philosophies of Plato, Hegel and Marx exposed the dangers inherent in centrally planned political systems. Popper's highly accessible style, his erudite and lucid explanations of the thought of gr...Show more

Green politics / ecopolitics / environmentalism
Political structure and processes
Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship

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ISBN

9780415237314

Publisher

Routledge

Published year

2003

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

The Open Society and Its Enemies

Format

Paperback

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