The Open Society and Its Enemies

出版者:Routledge

作者:Karl Popper

页数:800

出版时间:2011-5-19

价格:USD 34.95

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780415610216

具体描述

'If in this book harsh words are spoken about some of the greatest among the intellectual leaders of mankind, my motive is not, I hope, to belittle them. It springs rather from my conviction that, if our civilization is to survive, we must break with the habit of deference to great men.' - Karl Popper, from the Preface Written in political exile during the Second World War and first published in two volumes in 1945, Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies is one of the most influential books of all time. Hailed by Bertrand Russell as a 'vigorous and profound defence of democracy', its now legendary attack on the philosophies of Plato, Hegel and Marx exposed the dangers inherent in centrally planned political systems and through underground editions become an inspiration to lovers of freedom living under communism in Eastern Europe. Popper's highly accessible style, his erudite and lucid explanations of the thoughts of great philosophers and the recent resurgence of totalitarian regimes around the world are just three of the reasons for the enduring popularity of The Open Society and Its Enemies and why it demands to be read today and in years to come.

作者简介

卡尔·波普尔爵士（Sir Karl Raimund Popper）是当代西方杰出的科学哲学家和社会哲学家。他的《历史决定论的贫困》（The Poverty of Historicism）和《开放社会及其敌人》（The Open Society and its Enemies）是西方民主思想宝库中的经典著作。波普尔曾经由于这两部书获得过英国女皇颁授的爵位。

读后感

一旦我们不再像预言家那样装腔作势的话，我们就能够成为自己命运的创造者。 ——K.R.波普尔 在K.R.波普尔的眼中，开放社会的敌人无疑是权威。 然而，权威的形成，在很大程度上正是因为我们的盲从。我们，为什么会发自内心地相信...  

提到民主，我就有太多的话不吐不快，尤其从范跑跑的这件事情中，我惊讶地发现中国民众的启蒙程度之低令人痛心，早在欧洲十八世纪就已经完成了的启蒙运动，竟到了今天也未在中国生根，倒是封建社会的那一套仁义道德，跨越了几千年历史的时空永生不死，盘踞在华夏大地简直称得...  

一旦我们不再像预言家那样装腔作势的话，我们就能够成为自己命运的创造者。 ——K.R.波普尔 在K.R.波普尔的眼中，开放社会的敌人无疑是权威。 然而，权威的形成，在很大程度上正是因为我们的盲从。我们，为什么会发自内心地相信...  

提到民主，我就有太多的话不吐不快，尤其从范跑跑的这件事情中，我惊讶地发现中国民众的启蒙程度之低令人痛心，早在欧洲十八世纪就已经完成了的启蒙运动，竟到了今天也未在中国生根，倒是封建社会的那一套仁义道德，跨越了几千年历史的时空永生不死，盘踞在华夏大地简直称得...  

Popper（波普或波普尔）最值得敬佩的地方在于他的批判精神和对理性的执着。开放社会的概念正是波普哲学在政治上的合理推论，了解所谓“批判理性主义”必读。 这种哲学态度的价值在于对极权主义有超强的抵抗力，然而却也容易陷入不可知论的泥沼。 Anyway,理性万岁！  

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