Karl Popper

Dr. Phil Parvin (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

184 Seiten

2010
Continuum Publishing Corporation (Verlag)
978-0-8264-3222-3 (ISBN)

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Volume 14 in the "Major Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers" series focuses on Karl Popper, an important and controversial thinker of the 20th century. Karl Popper is best known for his contributions to the philosophy of science and the history of ideas. Elements of Popper's thought were clearly libertarian or conservative in character. His politics, however, were recognisably social democratic. His ideal of an open society was not a free market utopia, but a political community in which diverse people engaged with one another in constructive dialogue to seek political solutions to common problems. If Popper made important and enduring contributions to the libertarian and conservative traditions, it would be a mistake to uncritically label him a conservative or libertarian. Rather, Popper was a scholar who contributed to a range of different fields without being shackled to one particular perspective or approach. It is in this context that we should understand Popper's contribution to libertarian and conservative thought.
"Major Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers" provides comprehensive accounts of the works of seminal conservative thinkers from a variety of periods, disciplines, and traditions - the first series of its kind. Even the selection of thinkers adds another aspect to conservative thinking, including not only theorists but also writers and practitioners. The series comprises twenty volumes, each including an intellectual biography, historical context, critical exposition of the thinker's work, reception and influence, contemporary relevance, bibliography including references to electronic resources, and an index.

Dr Parvin is a Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He is a specialist in contemporary political philosophy, in particular issues concerning liberal justice, democracy, and multiculturalism. He has taught politics at a number of universities, including the London School of Economics, where he completed his Doctorate. Dr Meadowcroft is Lecturer in Public Policy at King's College London and the author of The Ethics of the Market (Palgrave, 2005) and co-author of Rescuing Social Capital from Social Democracy (Institute of Economic Affairs, 2007).

1. Intellectual Biography; Early beginnings; The Pedagogic Institute; Wittgenstein and the Vienna Circle; 'A fighting book'; The later years; 2. Popper's Ideas; Popper's epistemology; From science to social science; From social science to politics; The Open Society; 3. Reception and Influence of Popper's Philosophy; Popper, Burke, and the fallibility of reason; Radical politics, radical philosophy; Popper and the rise of the New Right; A final word on ideologies; 4. The Contemporary Relevance of Popper's Philosophy; Bibliography; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.8.2010
Reihe/Serie	Major Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-10	0-8264-3222-0 / 0826432220
ISBN-13	978-0-8264-3222-3 / 9780826432223
Zustand	Neuware