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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Target entity: The Open Society and Its Enemies Context triple: [Karl Popper, notableWork, The Open Society and Its Enemies]
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The General Idea of the Revolution in the Nineteenth Century
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Reason and Revolution
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Über die Grenzen der Wirksamkeit des Staates
Über die Grenzen der Wirksamkeit des Staates is a seminal political-philosophical essay by Wilhelm von Humboldt that argues for limiting state intervention to protect individual freedom and self-development.
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The Ends of Power
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Open Society and Its Enemies Target entity description: 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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A.
The General Idea of the Revolution in the Nineteenth Century
The General Idea of the Revolution in the Nineteenth Century is a seminal 1851 political treatise by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon that articulates his anarchist vision of social and economic reorganization without centralized state authority.
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B.
The Idea of Justice
The Idea of Justice is a philosophical work by Amartya Sen that critiques traditional theories of justice and proposes a comparative, realization-focused approach grounded in public reasoning and human capabilities.
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C.
Reason and Revolution
Reason and Revolution is a seminal 1941 philosophical work by Herbert Marcuse that critically interprets Hegel and traces the development of critical theory and modern social thought.
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D.
Über die Grenzen der Wirksamkeit des Staates
Über die Grenzen der Wirksamkeit des Staates is a seminal political-philosophical essay by Wilhelm von Humboldt that argues for limiting state intervention to protect individual freedom and self-development.
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E.
The Ends of Power
The Ends of Power is a memoir by former White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman that offers an insider’s account of the Nixon administration and the Watergate scandal.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ |
| addresses | rise of totalitarianism in the 20th century ⓘ |
| author | Karl Popper ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticizedBy |
some Marxist theorists
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some classical scholars of Plato ⓘ |
| criticizes |
G. W. F. Hegel
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Karl Marx ⓘ Plato ⓘ historicism ⓘ totalitarian ideologies ⓘ |
| defends |
liberal democracy
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open society ⓘ piecemeal social engineering ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophy of history
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political philosophy ⓘ |
| hasCentralConcept |
closed society
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critical rationalism ⓘ fallibilism ⓘ open society ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
1966 revised edition
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later paperback editions ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
World War II
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surface form:
Second World War
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| influenced |
Cold War liberalism
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post-war liberal thought ⓘ theory of open society ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Enlightenment liberalism
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critical rationalism ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Karl Popper’s political philosophy corpus ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
critique of historicism
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critique of totalitarianism ⓘ liberal democracy ⓘ open society ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
defense of critical discussion in politics
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rejection of historical inevitability ⓘ |
| numberOfVolumes | 2 ⓘ |
| opposes | utopian social engineering ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1945 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Routledge & Kegan Paul
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surface form:
Routledge
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| subtitle |
The High Tide of Prophecy: Hegel, Marx, and the Aftermath
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The Spell of Plato ⓘ |
| volume |
The Open Society and Its Enemies
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Open Society and Its Enemies, Volume 1
The Open Society and Its Enemies self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Open Society and Its Enemies, Volume 2
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| writtenDuring | World War II ⓘ |
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