Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. FOREWORD ix
4. INTRODUCTION xi
5. Personal Recollections of the Publication of The Open Society xxv
6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xxxvii
7. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION xxxix
8. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION xli
9. INTRODUCTION xliii
10. Volume I The Spell of Plato
11. Introduction 2
12. The Myth of Origin and Destiny
13. 1 HISTORICISM AND THE MYTH OF DESTINY 7
14. 2 HERACLITUS 10
15. 3 PLATO’S THEORY OF FORMS OR IDEAS 17
16. Plato’s Descriptive Sociology
17. 4 CHANGE AND REST 35
18. 5 NATURE AND CONVENTION 55
19. Plato’s Political Programme
20. 6 TOTALITARIAN JUSTICE 83
21. 7 THE PRINCIPLE OF LEADERSHIP 114
22. 8 THE PHILOSOPHER KING 130
23. 9 AESTHETICISM, PERFECTIONISM, UTOPIANISM 147
24. The Background of Plato’s Attack
25. 10 THE OPEN SOCIETY AND ITS ENEMIES 161
26. ADDENDA 190
27. Volume II The High Tide of Prophecy: Hegel, Marx, and the Aftermath
28. The Rise of Oracular Philosophy
29. 11 THE ARISTOTELIAN ROOTS OF HEGELIANISM 219
30. 12 HEGEL AND THE NEW TRIBALISM 242
31. Marx’s Method
32. 13 MARX’S SOCIOLOGICAL DETERMINISM 293
33. 14 THE AUTONOMY OF SOCIOLOGY 301
34. 15 ECONOMIC HISTORICISM 311
35. 16 THE CLASSES 321
36. 17 THE LEGAL AND THE SOCIAL SYSTEM 327
37. Marx’s Prophecy
38. 18 THE COMING OF SOCIALISM 345
39. 19 THE SOCIAL REVOLUTION 355
40. 20 CAPITALISM AND ITS FATE 373
41. 21 AN EVALUATION OF THE PROPHECY 397
42. Marx’s Ethics
43. 22 THE MORAL THEORY OF HISTORICISM 405
44. The Aftermath
45. 23 THE SOCIOLOGY OF KNOWLEDGE 419
46. 24 ORACULAR PHILOSOPHY AND THE REVOLT AGAINST REASON 430
47. Conclusion
48. 25 HAS HISTORY ANY MEANING? 465
49. ADDENDA 485
50. NOTES 512
51. NOTES TO VOLUME I 514
52. NOTES TO VOLUME II 640
53. INDEX 735