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Author:   István Rév ,  Ralf Dahrendorf ,  Yehuda Elkana ,  Aryeh Neier
Publisher:   Central European University Press
Imprint:   Central European University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.658kg
ISBN:  

9789639241091

ISBN 10:   9639241091
Pages:   420
Publication Date:   01 July 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
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Table of Contents

List of Tables Preface. Yehuda Elkana I The Political Dimension 1 Man of the Year. Bronisŀav Geremek 2 Hungary and the Open Society. Göncz Árpád 3 Travel Notes of an Eastern European in America. Andrei Pleşu II The Social–Intellectual Dimension 4 The Strange (Re)Discovery of Corruption. Ivan Krastev 5 Music and Freedom: A Polemical History. Leon Botstein 6 Democracy in a Non-Democratic Society. Edmund Mokrzycki 7 Boors and Angels. Adam Michnik 8 Moral Universalism and the Nation State. Kis János III The Legal Dimension 9 Human Rights and Sovereignty. Aryeh Neier 10 The Constitutional Honeymoon Is Over. The Paradoxes of Post-Communist Constitution Making. Wiktor Osiatynski 11 Affordable Shame. András Sajó IV The Economic Dimension 12 Hidden in an Envelope: Gratitude Payments to Medical Doctors in Hungary. János Kornai 13 What Could the West Have Done to Help the East? Anders Åslund 14 Financial Crises, Exchange Rate Arrangements, and the IMF. Rudiger Dornbusch V The Historical Dimension 15 Medieval Central Europe: An Invention or a Discovery. Gábor Klaniczay 16 The Marginality of Totalitarianism. Alfred J. Rieber 17 The-Self-Not-Fulfilling Prophecy. István Rév 18 Exile and Emigration. The Strange Survival of “German Culture”. Wolf Lepenies VI The Philosophical Dimension 19 Science and an Open Society: Is the Scientific Community a Genuinely Open One? W. H. Newton-Smith 20 Giordano Bruno Nolanus: Authoritarian Sage and Martyr for Free Speech. Rivka Feldhay 21 Art History at the Crossroads. Hans Belting 22 Pornography and the Repressive Function. Henry Krips 23 Unexpected Consequences: Porfolio Screening and the Ethics of Trading. Mark Johnston Biography of George Soros Works by George Soros Books Op-Eds and Essays George Soros’s Philanthtropic Initiatives (including foundations and programs) List of Contributors

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Istvan Rev is the Director of the Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives and Professor at the Department of History. Yehuda Elkana (1934–2012) was historian and philosopher of science, former President and Rector of Central European University (1999–2009). Aryeh Neier is an American human rights activist. He was the president of the Open Society Institute and a founder of Human Rights Watch. William Newton-Smith is Fellow & Tutor in Philosophy, Balliol College, University of Oxford; Chairman at the Higher Education Support Program, Open Society Institute, Budapest.

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