| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 217 pages) |
| Contents |
1. The development of Popper's political philosophy -- 2. The open society and The poverty of historicism -- 3. After The open society -- 4. Values and reason -- 5. Popper, liberalism and modified essentialism -- 6. The contemporary relevance of Popper's work |
| Summary |
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of Popper's ideas about politics, informed by Shearmur's personal knowledge of Popper together with research on unpublished material in the Popper archive at the Hoover Institute.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 t |
| Analysis |
Politics Philosophy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-208) and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Popper, Karl Raimund, Sir, 1902- -- Contributions in political science
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory.
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Political science
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Politieke filosofie.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0203212827 |
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9780203212820 |
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9780415097260 |
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0415097266 |
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1134861672 |
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9781134861675 |
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1280324554 |
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9781280324550 |
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9786610324552 |
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6610324557 |
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