Open society unresolved: the contemporary relevance of a contested idea

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

Enthält: Frontmatter
Contents
Introduction: Open Society Unresolved: Charting the Contested Terrain
PART I. Philosophical and Theoretical Perspectives on Open Society
1 HUMAN NATURE AND THE OPEN SOCIETY
2 IN PRAISE OF COLDNESS: THE OPEN NEIGHBORHOOD AND ITS ENEMIES
3 AGAINST IDENTITY: INDIVIDUALITY AS THE FOUNDATION OF OPEN SOCIETY
4 EMPIRICAL EMBODIMENT OF CRITICAL RATIONALISM: DELIBERATIVE THEORY AND OPEN SOCIETY
5 OPEN SOCIETY AS AN ACHIEVEMENT: POPPER, GAUS, AND THE LIBERAL TRADITION
6 NOZICK’S META-UTOPIA AS AN OPEN SOCIETY
7 HANNAH ARENDT AND LITERARY PEDAGOGY
8 CAN BERGSON’S DEFINITION OF OPEN SOCIETY BE USEFUL TODAY?
PART II National and Regional Perspectives on Open Society
9 THE GENDER OF ILLIBERALISM: NEW TRANSNATIONAL ALLIANCES AGAINST OPEN SOCIETIES IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
10 OPEN SOCIETY CONTESTED: LIBERAL UNIVERSALISM VERSUS AUTOCRATIC FUNCTIONALISM IN HONG KONG
11 “SOROSOIDS”: USES OF LABELING IN BULGARIA
12 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
13 IMAGINING THE FUTURE OF INTELLIGENCE IN OPEN SOCIETIES: VENTURING BEYOND SECRECY AND SCIENTIFIC PROPHECY AS TOTALITARIAN MODES OF MODERNITY
14 OPEN SOCIETY IN CRISIS: MAKING SENSE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND EXPERT ADVICE DURING COVID-19
List of Contributors
Index

Beteiligte: Royer, Christof [Herausgeber:in]; Matei, Liviu [Herausgeber:in]

Erschienen: Budapest; Vienna; New York: Central European University Press, 2023

Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (221 Seiten)

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.1515/9789633865903

ISBN: 9789633865903

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Schlagwörter: Liberalism ; Social sciences Philosophy ; Social structure ; Universalism ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General ; Open society ; contemporary relevance ; diversity and plurality ; geographically and intellectually global ; theory and practice

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Beschreibung: 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 individual authors and chapters is an interest in open society’s continuing usefulness and relevance to address current problems. And what distinguishes them is a rich variety of geographical and cultural backgrounds, and a wide range of academic disciplines and traditions. While focusing on probing the contemporary relevance of the concept, several chapters approach it historically. The book features a comprehensive introduction to the history and current ‘uses’ of the theory of open society. The authors link the concept to contemporary themes including education, Artificial Intelligence, cognitive science, African cosmology, colonialism, and feminism. The diversity of viewpoints in the analysis reflects a commitment to plurality that is at the heart of this book and of the idea of open society itself

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