Political Philosophy and the Open Society

By Dante L. Germino

Book Overview

Tracing the concept of the open society-one based on the idea of a universal community of mankind-from its origins to the present day, Dante Germino reveals in this study the central role of openness... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807109746
• ISBN13: 9780807109748
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A classical reformulation of the idea of an open society

Dante Germino makes an invaluable contribution to a sustainable notion of the open society, demonstrating connections as Raghavan Iyer did in Parapolitics and very few others have done, between contemporary sacred or even agnostic humanism and classical notions of politics. Dante Germino draws at once upon his close reading of Eric Voegelin's work in political philosophy and explores new ground in reconceiving the notion of an open society that is not historically idiosyncratic to the modern era as was Karl Popper's notion, but stated in terms of the human spirit that are universalizable to any human epoch. Strongly recommended as an intellectual resource for challenges likely to be with us throughout the 21st century.