The political thought of Karl Popper
By: Jeremy Shearmur.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1996
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
Subjects: Popper, Karl Raimund, Sir, 1902- -- Political and social views
Description: Jeremy Shearmur draws upon archival data to introduce Popper's political ideas by way of a discussion of their development. He goes on to present a critical survey of some of the themes from Popper's The Open Society and its Enemies and The Poverty of Historicism, along with a discussion of the political significance of some of his later philosophical ideas.

The book then draws on wider themes within Popper's philosophy to offer striking critical re-interpretations of his ethical ideas, and of his social theory, and concludes with an extended discussion that suggests Popper's views should have been closer to classical liberalism than they were.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-208) and index.