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The Open Society and Its Enemies (1+2)

by Karl Popper

1963 eng ★ 4.4 (5 ratings)

An open society provides its citizens with a mechanism for changing government; a closed society doesn't, forcing its citizens to rely on extra-legal revolution. Popper analyzes the open-closed society debate using three exemplars of closed-society advocacy: Plato, Hegel (and wow, does Popper hate …

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