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The Open Society and Its Enemies

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The Open Society and Its Enemies is a work on political philosophy by the philosopher Karl Popper, in which the author presents a "defence of the open society against its enemies", and offers a critique of theories of teleological historicism, according to which history unfolds inexorably according to universal laws. Popper indicts Plato, Hegel, and Marx as totalitarian for relying on historicism to underpin their political philosophies.

The Open Society and Its Enemies - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1945 book by Karl Popper 420 (1995 Routledge ed., vol. 2)<br/>755 (1 volume 2013 Princeton ed.)"},"isbn":{"wt":"978-0-691-15813-6"},"isbn_note":{"wt":"(1 volume 2013 Princeton ed.)"},"preceded_by":{"wt":""},"followed_by":{"wt":""}},"i":0}}]}'> The Open Society and Its Enemies Dust jacket of volume I of the first edition with the variant "The Age of Plato" instead of "The Spell of Plato" Author Karl Popper Language English Subject Historicism Publisher Routledge Publication date 1945 Publication p

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