Popper's legacy : rethinking politics, economics and science / Raphael Sassower.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sassower, Raphael, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popper, Karl R. (Karl Raimund), 1902-1994--Influence.

Popper, Karl R.

Popper, Karl R. (Karl Raimund), 1902-1994--Criticism and interpretation.

Philosophy and science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 151 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Durham : Acumen Publishing, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Most commentators think of Karl Popper and his intellectual legacy primarily in terms of his philosophy of science, while some recall his political philosophy. In Popper's Legacy, Raphael Sassower foregrounds Popper's political and economic ideas and relates them to his methodology of science, showing along the way the ideological convictions they provide. The primacy of Popper's ideological convictions and the context that gave rise to them are used as a springboard to understanding his revolutionary impact on the late twentieth century and his continued influence today. Neither biographical nor scholarly in the traditional sense, Sassower's analysis is more a cultural critique that incorporates the relevant elements in Popper's life and writings and the circumstances under which some books and essays were rejected or well received. By examining Popper in the round, and in particular his moral and psychological insights, Popper's Legacy presents an account and evaluation of Popper's thought that both his critics and acolytes will find fascinating.

Contents:

Introduction

1. The open society as liberty

A brief survey

Critical reception

Scientific methodology as social practice

Critical rationalism

2. Capitalism as economic equality and freedom

Historical context

Political economy as economic theory and political agenda

Popper's own concerns with economic theory

Contemporary uses and misuses of Popper's ideas

3. Methodology as applied to individualism

Individualism as method and practice: positivism and sociology

Situated knowledge: the feminist parallel to situational logic

Methodological individualism

4. The predicament of applied Popperianism

The moral sense of Popperianism

Popper and postmodern technoscience

The Popperian predicament.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-317-49372-9

1-317-49373-7

1-315-71203-2

1-282-94330-8

9786612943300

1-84465-379-X

9781315712031

OCLC:

898104244