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The political thought of Karl Popper

Author: Jeremy Shearmur
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Jeremy Shearmur draws upon archival data to introduce Popper's political ideas by way of a discussion of their development. He goes on to present a critical survey of some of the themes from Popper's The Open Society and its Enemies and The Poverty of Historicism, along with a discussion of the political significance of some of his later philosophical ideas. The book then draws on wider themes within Popper's  Read more...
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Named Person: Karl R Popper; Karl R Popper
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Jeremy Shearmur
ISBN: 0415097266 9780415097260 0415097274 9780415097277
OCLC Number: 34318936
Description: xi, 217 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: 1. The Development of Popper's Political Philosophy --
2. The Open Society and the Poverty of Historicism --
3. After the Open Society --
4. Values and Reason --
5. Popper, Liberalism and Modified Essentialism --
6. The Contemporary Relevance of Popper's Work.
Responsibility: Jeremy Shearmur.
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Abstract:

Jeremy Shearmur draws upon archival data to introduce Popper's political ideas by way of a discussion of their development. He goes on to present a critical survey of some of the themes from Popper's The Open Society and its Enemies and The Poverty of Historicism, along with a discussion of the political significance of some of his later philosophical ideas. The book then draws on wider themes within Popper's philosophy to offer striking critical re-interpretations of his ethical ideas, and of his social theory, and concludes with an extended discussion that suggests Popper's views should have been closer to classical liberalism than they were.

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