The Open Society and its Enemies: Volume I: The Spell of Plato by Karl Popper - 1962-08-24

Paperback. Acceptable.

Harper Torchbooks, 1963. First Harper Torchbook. Paperback. Very Good. Some jacket wear from storage..

Routledge. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Very good condition

Routledge, Great Britain. Softcover. As New. The book critiques historicism and defends the open society and liberal democracy. Popper argues that Plato's political philosophy has dangerous tendencies towards totalitarianism, contrary to the benign idyll portrayed by most interpreters. He praises Plato's analysis of social change but rejects his solutions, which he sees as driven by fear of change brought about by the rise of democracies, and as contrary to the humanitarian and democratic views of Socrates and other thinkers of the Athenian "Great Generation". Popper also criticizes Hegel, tracing his ideas to Aristotle and arguing that they were at the root of 20th century totalitarianism. He agrees with Schopenhauer's view that Hegel "was a flat-headed, insipid, nauseating, illiterate charlatan, who reached the pinnacle of audacity in scribbling together and dishing up the craziest mystifying nonsense." Popper criticizes Marx at length for his historicism, which… Read More

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.