The Open Society and Its Enemies

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The Open Society and Its Enemies is Karl Popper’s influential two-volume critique of totalitarianism and historicism, defending liberal democracy and the principles of an open society.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
addresses rise of totalitarianism in the 20th century ⓘ
author Karl Popper ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticizedBy some Marxist theorists ⓘ
some classical scholars of Plato ⓘ
criticizes G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ
Karl Marx ⓘ
Plato ⓘ
historicism ⓘ
totalitarian ideologies ⓘ
defends liberal democracy ⓘ
open society ⓘ
piecemeal social engineering ⓘ
genre philosophy of history ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
hasCentralConcept closed society ⓘ
critical rationalism ⓘ
fallibilism ⓘ
open society ⓘ
hasEdition 1966 revised edition ⓘ
later paperback editions ⓘ
historicalContext World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
influenced Cold War liberalism ⓘ
post-war liberal thought ⓘ
theory of open society ⓘ
influencedBy Enlightenment liberalism ⓘ
critical rationalism ⓘ
isPartOf Karl Popper’s political philosophy corpus ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject critique of historicism ⓘ
critique of totalitarianism ⓘ
liberal democracy ⓘ
open society ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
notableIdea defense of critical discussion in politics ⓘ
rejection of historical inevitability ⓘ
numberOfVolumes 2 ⓘ
opposes utopian social engineering ⓘ
publicationYear 1945 ⓘ
publisher Routledge & Kegan Paul ⓘ
surface form: Routledge
subtitle The High Tide of Prophecy: Hegel, Marx, and the Aftermath ⓘ
The Spell of Plato ⓘ
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surface form: The Open Society and Its Enemies, Volume 1

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surface form: The Open Society and Its Enemies, Volume 2
writtenDuring World War II ⓘ

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