- Philosophy, Political science, Social sciences, Sociology
An open society provides its citizens with a mechanism for changing government; a closed society doesn't, forcing its citizens to rely on extra-legal revolution. Popper analyzes the open-closed society debate using three exemplars of closed-society advocacy: Plato, Hegel (and wow, does Popper hate on Hegel), and Marx.
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Cool, spare, classical in form and earnest.
- cooloverwhelming
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
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- Author
- Karl Popper
- First published
- 1945
- Pages
- 713
- Publisher
- Mohr, Francke, Routledge & Paul
- Editions
- 76
- Language
- tur, hrv, English, German
- ISBN
- 9783161478024
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“It is widely believed that a truly scientific or philosophical attitude towards politics, and a deeper understanding of social life in general, must be based upon a contemplation and interpretation of human history.”
**Sir Karl Raimund Popper** (28 July 1902 – 17 September 1994) was an Austrian-British philosopher, academic and social commentator.
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