Karl Popper: The Formative Years 1902-1945
The Viennese decades from the archives: the Jewish background he downplayed, the socialist youth politics, and the New Zealand exile where The Open Society was written.
Hacohen reconstructs Popper Viennese decades from the archives, covering the assimilated Jewish background he downplayed, the socialist youth politics, and the New Zealand exile where he wrote The Open Society. It is unsparing about how much he made about himself, and about the subjects where he wrote confidently on thin knowledge, including Plato, Hegel and Marx.
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Tyler Cowen
Such an excellent and high-level work. And the author is not afraid to accuse Popper of making everything about himself, and also writing on topics (Plato, Hegel, Marx) where he was less than well-informed.
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