Harry Schwartz Eats the World

The Open Society (and Its Enemies)

Most of Karl Popper’s work actually involved the philosophy of science, but he also wrote a fairly in-depth critique of the philosophical underpinnings of totalitarianism. I’m currently reading volume 1, which rips apart The Republic. I doubt Plato’s pseudo-mystical brand of fascism really needed another poor review, but the book was published at the end of WWII, so this sort of thing was in vogue.

Volume 2, which I have yet to read, features a thorough criticism of Hegel and Marx.

Also! Despite what you may have assumed from my current updating schedule, I am, in fact, still alive.

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