Karl Popper - The Formative Years, 1902 1945: Politics and Philosophy in Interwar Vienna

by Malachi Haim Hacohen

Book Overview

Karl Popper (1902-1994) is one of this century's most influential philosophers, but his life in fin-de si?cle and interwar Vienna, and his exile in New Zealand during World War II, have so far remained shrouded in mystery. This intellectual 2001 biography recovers the legacy of the young Popper; the progressive, cosmopolitan, Viennese socialist who combated fascism, revolutionized the philosophy of science, and envisioned the Open Society. Malachi...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521890551
• ISBN13: 9780521890557
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 626 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"