Open society unresolved : the contemporary relevance of a contested idea /

"Is the concept of open society still relevant in the 21st century? Do the current social, moral, and political realities call for a drastic revision of this concept? Here fifteen essays address real-world contemporary challenges to open society from a variety of perspectives. What unites the i...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors:	Royer, Christof (Editor), Matei, Liviu (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2023.
Subjects:	Social sciences > Philosophy. Social structure. Liberalism. Universalism. SOCIAL SCIENCE / General. PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Open society unresolved : charting the contested terrain / Christof Royer
Human nature and the open society / Thom Scott-Phillips
In praise of coldness : the open neighborhood and its enemies / Rachid Boutayeb
Against identity : individuality as the foundation of open society / Gregory Lobo
Empirical embodiment of critical rationalism : deliberative theory and open society / Gazela Pudar Draško and Predrag Krstić
Open society as an achievement : Popper, Gaus, and the liberal tradition / Piers Norris Turner
Nozick's meta-Utopia as an open society / Avery Fox White
Hannah Arendt and literary pedagogy / Andrea Timár
Can Bergson's definition of open society be useful today? / Jean-Louis Fabiani
The gender of illiberalism : new transnational alliances against open societies in Central and Eastern Europe / Katalin Fábián
Open society contested : liberal universalism versus autocratic functionalism in Hong Kong / Kenneth Ka-Lok Chan
"Sorosoids" : uses of labeling in Bulgaria / Lubomir Terziev
An African background to the concept of open society : Ikenga and Ofo cultic figures as structural representations of the enterprising spirit of the Igbo of Nigeria / Nwankwo T. Nwaezeigwe
Imagining the future of intelligence in open societies : venturing beyond secrecy and scientific prophecy as totalitarian modes of modernity / Anna Eva Grutza
Open society in crisis : making sense of public health and expert advice during Covid-19 / Tarun Weeramanthri.