Introduction: Open Society Unresolved: Charting the Contested Terrain

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction: Open Society Unresolved: Charting the Contested Terrain 1
4. PART I. Philosophical and Theoretical Perspectives on Open Society
5. 1 HUMAN NATURE AND THE OPEN SOCIETY 23
6. 2 IN PRAISE OF COLDNESS: THE OPEN NEIGHBORHOOD AND ITS ENEMIES 38
7. 3 AGAINST IDENTITY: INDIVIDUALITY AS THE FOUNDATION OF OPEN SOCIETY 48
8. 4 EMPIRICAL EMBODIMENT OF CRITICAL RATIONALISM: DELIBERATIVE THEORY AND OPEN SOCIETY 59
9. 5 OPEN SOCIETY AS AN ACHIEVEMENT: POPPER, GAUS, AND THE LIBERAL TRADITION 72
10. 6 NOZICK’S META-UTOPIA AS AN OPEN SOCIETY 83
11. 7 HANNAH ARENDT AND LITERARY PEDAGOGY 94
12. 8 CAN BERGSON’S DEFINITION OF OPEN SOCIETY BE USEFUL TODAY? 105
13. PART II National and Regional Perspectives on Open Society
14. 9 THE GENDER OF ILLIBERALISM: NEW TRANSNATIONAL ALLIANCES AGAINST OPEN SOCIETIES IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE 117
15. 10 OPEN SOCIETY CONTESTED: LIBERAL UNIVERSALISM VERSUS AUTOCRATIC FUNCTIONALISM IN HONG KONG 132
16. 11 “SOROSOIDS”: USES OF LABELING IN BULGARIA 148
17. 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 162
18. 13 IMAGINING THE FUTURE OF INTELLIGENCE IN OPEN SOCIETIES: VENTURING BEYOND SECRECY AND SCIENTIFIC PROPHECY AS TOTALITARIAN MODES OF MODERNITY 174
19. 14 OPEN SOCIETY IN CRISIS: MAKING SENSE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND EXPERT ADVICE DURING COVID-19 190
20. List of Contributors 207
21. Index 211