He taught in Austria until 1937, when he emigrated to New Zealand in anticipation of the Nazi annexation of Austria the following year, and he settled in England in 1949. This is the second of two volumes of The Open Society and Its Enemies. (The Open Society and its Enemies 1) by Karl Popper 4.15 Rating details 2,591 ratings 170 reviews Popper was born in 1902 to a Viennese family of Jewish origin. Popper's highly accessible style, his erudite and lucid explanations of the thought 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 for why it demands to be read both today and in years to come. The Open Society and Its Enemies was the result. Like some medieval monk, he toiled away in virtual isolation in New Zealand during the depths of World War II, an exile and Jewish refugee from his native Austria. 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. Karl Popper’s The Open Society and Its Enemies is one of the greatest defenses of liberal democracy ever written. Written in political exile during the Second World War and first published in 1945, Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies is one of the most influential books of the twentieth century. One of the most important books of the twentieth century, The Open Society and Its Enemies is an uncompromising defense of liberal democracy and a powerful.
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