The Political Thought of Karl Popper
Author:   Jeremy Shearmur (Australian National University, Australia)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780415756280


Pages:   230
Publication Date:   15 August 2014
Format:   Paperback
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The Political Thought of Karl Popper


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The Political Thought of Karl Popper offers a controversial treatment of Popper's ideas about politics, informed by Shearmur's personal knowledge of Popper together with research on unpublished material in the Popper archive at the Hoover Institute. While sympathetic to Popper's overall approach, Shearmur offers criticism of some of his ideas and suggests that political conclusions should be drawn from Popper's ideas which differ from Popper's own views. Shearmur introduces Popper's political ideas by way of a discussion of their development, which draws upon archive material. He then offers a critical survey of some of the themes from his Open Society and Poverty of Historicism, and discusses the political significance of some of his later philosophical ideas. Wider themes within Popper's philosophy are drawn on to offer striking critical re-interpretations of his ethical ideas and social theory. The book concludes with a discussion which suggests that Popper's views should have been closer to classical liberalism than they in fact were.

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Author:   Jeremy Shearmur (Australian National University, Australia)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9780415756280


ISBN 10:   0415756286
Pages:   230
Publication Date:   15 August 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 The Development of Popper’s Political Philosophy; Chapter 2 The Open Society and the Poverty of Historicism; Chapter 3 After the Open Society; Chapter 4 Values and Reason; Chapter 5 Popper, Liberalism and Modified Essentialism; Chapter 6 The Contemporary Relevance of Popper’s Work;

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