ABSTRACT
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 great philosophers and the recent resurgence of totalitarian regimes around the world are just three of the reasons for the enduring popularity of The Open Society and Its Enemies, and for why it demands to be read both today and in years to come. This is the second of two volumes of The Open Society and Its Enemies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |86 pages
The Rise of Oracular Philosophy
chapter 11|27 pages
The Aristotelian Roots of Hegelianism
chapter 12|57 pages
Hegel and the New Tribalism
part |60 pages
Marx's Method
chapter 13|9 pages
Marx's Sociological Determinism
chapter 14|12 pages
The Autonomy of Sociology
chapter 15|11 pages
Economic Historicism
chapter 16|7 pages
The Classes
chapter 17|19 pages
The Legal and the Social System
part |70 pages
Marx's Prophecy
chapter 18|12 pages
The Coming of Socialism
chapter 19|21 pages
The Social Revolution
chapter 20|28 pages
Capitalism and Its Fate
chapter 21|7 pages
An Evaluation of the Prophecy
part |16 pages
Marx's Ethics
chapter 22|14 pages
The Moral Theory of Historicism
part |52 pages
The Aftermath
chapter 23|13 pages
The Sociology of Knowledge
chapter 24|37 pages
Oracular Philosophy and the Revolt against Reason
part |26 pages
Conclusion