The Open Society And Its Enemies: Vol. I The Spell Of Plato, Vol 2 The High Tide Of Prophecy - Hegel, Marx, And The Aftermath

Popper, [Sir] K. R. [Karl Raimund] (Signed)

ISBN 10: 071001967X / ISBN 13: 9780710019677

Edité par Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1973

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Vol I signed "K.R. Popper" upon title page. Vol II signed "Karl R. Popper" upon title page. "A work of first-class importance which ought to be widely read for its masterly criticism of the enemies of democracy, ancient and modern. Popper's attack on Plato, while unorthodox, is in my opinion thoroughly justified. His analysis of Hegel is deadly. Marx is dissected with equal acumen, and given his due share of responsibility for modern misfortunes. A vigorous and profound defence of democracy, timely, very interesting, and very well written." - Bertrand Russell. "One of the three or four most important books on the methodology of the social sciences to appear since the war." - Richard Wollheim, New Statesman. "Karl Popper (1902-1994) was one of the twentieth century's most influential philosophers of science. In political discourse, he is known for his vigorous defence of liberal democracy and the principles of social criticism that he believed made a flourishing open society possible. He was a dogged opponent of totalitarianism, nationalism, fascism, romanticism, collectivism, and other kinds of (in his view) reactionary and irrational ideas. Fearing the rise of Nazism and the threat of the Anschluss, in 1937 Popper emigrated to New Zealand where he wrote this work [first published in 1945]." - Wikipedia. xi, 361; v, 420 pp. Exhaustive footnotes. Indexes of names and subjects in each volume. Bindings sound. Average wear to original black cloth lettered in gilt upon backstrips. Inspiring gift greetings to top half of front free endpaper of Vol. I. Short ink marginal lines to five pages of Vol I. Average wear to complete dust jackets which are tanned at spines and now in glossy new archival-grade protection. In 2016 Robert McCrum of The Guardian ranked this work No. 35 of the 100 best nonfiction books in the English language. A wonderful signed two-volume set. ; 8vo; Signed by Author.

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• Titre: The Open Society And Its Enemies: Vol. I The Spell Of Plato, Vol 2 The High Tide Of Prophecy - Hegel, Marx, And The Aftermath
• Éditeur: Routledge & Kegan Paul, London
• Date de parution: 1973
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 071001967X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780710019677
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: Fifth Edition (Revised).
• État de l'article: Good
• État de la jaquette: Good
• Signé: Signé par l'auteur
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