

The Open Society and its Enemies is a major 20th century text, a book that often feels familiar even to many who have not read it. We acknowledge (and remind and warn you) that they may, in fact, be entirely unrepresentative of the actual reviews by any other measure. Similarly the illustrative quotes chosen here are merely those the complete review subjectively believes represent the tenor and judgment of the review as a whole. Please note that these ratings solely represent the complete review 's biased interpretation and subjective opinion of the actual reviews and do not claim to accurately reflect or represent the views of the reviewers. "In its strength and its weakness, its sincerity and its dogmaticism, its searching criticism and its intellectual arrogance, it is typical or, at any rate, symptomatic of the age." - Times Literary Supplement.(.) Not so persuasive are the author's criticisms of the many views often associated with historicism." - Sidney Hook, The New York Times Book Review "(L)earned, subtly argued, and passionately written (.) It is not often that a book so truculent in tone manages despite its length to be both suggestive and interesting.(.) (E)s zeichnete einen schneidend deutlichen Gegenentwurf zur Suggestionskraft politischer Heilslehren." - Thomas Stölzel, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung " Die Offene Gesellschaft und ihre Feinde Poppers wurde ein Klassiker schon zu Lebzeiten des Verfassers: Das Buch gilt als eine der prägnantesten Abrechungen mit dem Totalitarismus und den politischen Utopien und damit als letztes Wort der Demokratie.The one-volume Routledge (UK) edition includes a new preface by Václav Havel and a personal recollection by E.H.Gombrich.First published 1945, followed by several revised editions.La sociedad abierta y sus enemigos - España

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