The Poverty of Historicism (Routledge Classics)

The Poverty of Historicism (Routledge Classics)
by Karl Popper

The Poverty of Historicism (Routledge Classics)
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Author: Karl Popper
Edition: Paperback
Published: 2002-03-29
ISBN: 0415278465
Number of pages: 160
Publisher: Routledge

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Book Review: He sees a fundamental truth of the human situation
Summary: 5 Stars

Popper's argument here and his general view are somewhat surprisingly in synch with that of American Pragmatic philosophy. Elements of surprise, of creative newness are what for Pragmatists make the human future, history itself as a whole fundamentally unpredictable. Popper argues in this work that total theories such as Marxism which claim to contain within themselves the true course and outcome of history, are by their very nature, mistaken. A total predictability of history is impossible in part because the prediction itself effects the actors, but also because of unseen, and unforeseeable elements which come with our always imperfect knowledge. The position taken here by Popper is in consonance with his own defense of the Open Society, and human freedom- other major elements of his thought.
Popper sees here a fundamental truth of the human situation.

Summary of The Poverty of Historicism (Routledge Classics)

Hailed on publication in 1957 as "probably the only book published this year that will outlive the century," this is a brilliant of the idea that there are fixed laws in history and that human beings are able to predict them.

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