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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Espada, João Carlos

Titel

Karl R. Popper: The open society and its enemies

Ist Teil von

• The Anglo-American Tradition of Liberty, 2016, p.17-31

Auflage

1

Ort / Verlag

United Kingdom: Routledge

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

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Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Karl Raimund Popper was born in Vienna in 1902, and died in Kenley, south of London, in 1994. His works were mainly focused on the philosophy of knowledge and science, where he became highly influential, perhaps more so amongst scientists than philosophers. In Germany, the Social Democratic Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and the Christian Democratic Chancellor Helmut Kohl wrote prefaces to works on or by Popper. In Portugal, Mário Soares and Diogo Freitas do Amaral, amongst others, presented themselves as admirers of the old philosopher. Karl Popper described his books The Open Society and Its Enemies and The Poverty of Historicism as his 'war effort' against the two totalitarianisms of the twentieth century, national-socialism and communism, and in defence of liberal democracy. The impact of the publication of The Open Society and Its Enemies centred upon its devastating critique of Marxism. Under its influence, hundreds or perhaps thousands of young Marxists discovered the intellectual and moral flaws of the Marxist doctrine. Karl Raimund Popper was born in Vienna in 1902, and died in Kenley, south of London, in 1994. His works were mainly focused on the philosophy of knowledge and science, where he became highly influential, perhaps more so amongst scientists than philosophers. In Germany, the Social Democratic Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and the Christian Democratic Chancellor Helmut Kohl wrote prefaces to works on or by Popper. In Portugal, Mário Soares and Diogo Freitas do Amaral, amongst others, presented themselves as admirers of the old philosopher. Karl Popper described his books The Open Society and Its Enemies and The Poverty of Historicism as his 'war effort' against the two totalitarianisms of the twentieth century, national-socialism and communism, and in defence of liberal democracy. The impact of the publication of The Open Society and Its Enemies centred upon its devastating critique of Marxism. Under its influence, hundreds or perhaps thousands of young Marxists discovered the intellectual and moral flaws of the Marxist doctrine.