The Paradoxes of Unintended Consequences

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The Paradoxes of Unintended Consequences

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Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2000

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This volume of essays is dedicated to George Soros in honor of his seventieth birthday. The authors come from the different but intersecting worlds of academia; politics and business. The editors have chosen the title The Paradoxes of Unintended Consequences to encourage the contributors to adopt a dialogue-oriented approach and in reference to the example of Giordano Bruno; who was burnt at the stake 400 years ago for holding heretic views which were probably far more backward than the views of those condemning him. The idea behind this approach was that any complex social process or political attempt to change the lives of people will have unintended consequences; usually paradoxical ones. These consequences should force us to reconsider our original theory. The volume also contains a short biography of George Soros and a list of his published works and philanthropic initiatives

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Rév István :

Istvan Rev is the Director of the Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives and Professor at the Department of History.

Elkana Yehuda :

Yehuda Elkana (1934–2012) was historian and philosopher of science, former President and Rector of Central European University (1999–2009).

Neier Aryeh :

Aryeh Neier is an American human rights activist. He was the president of the Open Society Institute and a founder of Human Rights Watch.

Newton-Smith William :

William Newton-Smith is Fellow & Tutor in Philosophy, Balliol College, University of Oxford; Chairman at the Higher Education Support Program, Open Society Institute, Budapest.

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Table of Contents
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List of Tables
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Preface
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Yehuda Elkana

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I The Political Dimension
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1 Man of the Year
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Bronislav Geremek

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2 Hungary and the Open Society
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Göncz Árpád

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3 Travel Notes of an Eastern European in America
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Andrei Plesu

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II The Social-Intellectual Dimension
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4 The Strange (Re)Discovery of Corruption
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Ivan Krastev

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5 Music and Freedom: A Polemical History
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Leon Botstein

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6 Democracy in a Non-Democratic Society
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Edmund Mokrzycki

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7 Boors and Angels
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Adam Michnik

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8 The Unity of Mankind and the Plurality of States
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Kis Jónos

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III The Legal Dimension
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9 Human Rights and Soverignty
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Aryeh Neier

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10 The Constitutional Honeymoon Is Over. The Paradoxes of Post- Communist Constitution Making
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Wiktor Osiatyñski

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11 Affordable Shame
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András Sajó

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IV The Economic Dimension
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12 Hidden in an Envelope: Gratitude Payments to Medical Doctors in Hungary
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Janos Komai

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13 What Could the West Have Done to Help the East?
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Anders Aslund

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14 Financial Crises, Exchange Rate Arrangements, and the IMF.
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Rudiger Dornbusch

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V The Historical Dimension
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15 Medieval Central Europe: An Invention or a Discovery?
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Gabor Klarticzay

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16 The Marginality of Totalitarianism
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Alfred J. Rieber

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17 The-Self-Not-Fulfilling Prophecy
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Istvan Rev

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18 Exile and Emigration. The Strange Survival of "German Culture"
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Wolf Lepenies

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19 Giordano Bruno Nolanus: Authoritarian Sage and Martyr for Free Speech
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Rivka Feldhay

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VI The Philosophical Dimension
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20 Science and an Open Society: Is the Scientific Community a Genuinely Open One?
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W. H. Newton-Smith

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21 Art History at the Crossroads
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Hans Belting

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22 Pornography and the Repressive Function
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Henry Krips

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23 Unexpected Consequences: Porfolio Screening and the Ethics of Trading
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Mark Johnston

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Biography of George Soros
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Works of George Soros
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George Soros' Philanthtropic Initiatives (including foundations and programs)
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List of Contributors
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June 30, 2022

eBook ISBN:

9789633865422

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436

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789633865422

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Keywords for this book

Democratization; Ethics; Human rights; Nation-state; Open society; Postcommunism; Totalitarianism

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For universities and colleges of further and higher education

Central European University Press

The Paradoxes of Unintended Consequences

Overview

About this book

Author / Editor information

Topics

Table of contents

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

List of Tables

Preface

1 Man of the Year

2 Hungary and the Open Society

3 Travel Notes of an Eastern European in America

4 The Strange (Re)Discovery of Corruption

5 Music and Freedom: A Polemical History

6 Democracy in a Non-Democratic Society

7 Boors and Angels

8 The Unity of Mankind and the Plurality of States

9 Human Rights and Soverignty

10 The Constitutional Honeymoon Is Over. The Paradoxes of Post- Communist Constitution Making

11 Affordable Shame

12 Hidden in an Envelope: Gratitude Payments to Medical Doctors in Hungary

13 What Could the West Have Done to Help the East?

14 Financial Crises, Exchange Rate Arrangements, and the IMF.

15 Medieval Central Europe: An Invention or a Discovery?

16 The Marginality of Totalitarianism

17 The-Self-Not-Fulfilling Prophecy

18 Exile and Emigration. The Strange Survival of "German Culture"

19 Giordano Bruno Nolanus: Authoritarian Sage and Martyr for Free Speech

20 Science and an Open Society: Is the Scientific Community a Genuinely Open One?

21 Art History at the Crossroads

22 Pornography and the Repressive Function

23 Unexpected Consequences: Porfolio Screening and the Ethics of Trading

Biography of George Soros

Works of George Soros

George Soros' Philanthtropic Initiatives (including foundations and programs)

List of Contributors

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