'OPEN SOCIETY' AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE CRITICAL RATIONALIST POSITION

• Authors: Baranowski Mariusz
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

This paper is an attempt at presenting the construct of open society as a consequence of the critical rationalist position. The above mentioned position was originally taken by Karl Popper on the basis of methodology of the (natural) sciences. If we accept this interpretation, which is quite different from Bryan Magee's thesis (though at first glance seeming identical), it will be much easier to capture the factual 'weaknesses' in Popper's political philosophy. The historical context in which his reflections arose (especially his two books: 'The Poverty of Historicism' and 'The Open Society and Its Enemies') was not without influence on his proposal, which the author treated as his personal contribution to the fight against the authoritarian and totalitarian ideology.

Keywords

EN

CLOSED SOCIETY; CRITICAL RATIONALISM; OPEN SOCIETY; SOCIAL ENGINEERING

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN
• Journal: Kultura i Społeczeństwo
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 53
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 69-82
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Baranowski Mariusz

• Mariusz Baranowski Uniwersytet im. Adama MIckiewicza, ul. H. Wieniawskiego 1, 61-712 Poznan, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA068615