Open society unresolved : the contemporary relevance of a contested idea / edited by Christof Royer, Liviu Matei

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction: Open society unresolved : charting the contested terrain / Christof Royer -- Human nature and the open society / Thom Scott-Phillips -- In praise of coldness : the open neighborhood and its enemies / Rachid Boutayeb -- Against identity : individuality as the foundation of open society / Gregory Lobo -- Empirical embodiment of critical rationalism : deliberative theory and open society / Gazela Pudar Draško and Predrag Krstić -- Open society as an achievement : Popper, Gaus, and the liberal tradition / Piers Norris Turner -- Nozick's meta-Utopia as an open society / Avery Fox White -- Hannah Arendt and literary pedagogy / Andrea Timár -- Can Bergson's definition of open society be useful today? / Jean-Louis Fabiani -- The gender of illiberalism : new transnational alliances against open societies in Central and Eastern Europe / Katalin Fábián -- Open society contested : liberal universalism versus autocratic functionalism in Hong Kong / Kenneth Ka-Lok Chan -- "Sorosoids" : uses of labeling in Bulgaria / Lubomir Terziev -- An African background to the concept of open society : Ikenga and Ofo cultic figures as structural representations of the enterprising spirit of the Igbo of Nigeria / Nwankwo T. Nwaezeigwe -- Imagining the future of intelligence in open societies : venturing beyond secrecy and scientific prophecy as totalitarian modes of modernity / Anna Eva Grutza -- Open society in crisis : making sense of public health and expert advice during Covid-19 / Tarun Weeramanthri

"Is the concept of open society still relevant in the 21st century? Do the current social, moral, and political realities call for a drastic revision of this concept? Here fifteen essays address real-world contemporary challenges to open society from a variety of perspectives. What unites the individual authors and chapters is an interest in open society's continuing usefulness and relevance to address current problems. And what distinguishes them is a rich variety of geographical and cultural backgrounds, and a wide range of academic disciplines and traditions.While focusing on probing the contemporary relevance of the concept, several chapters approach it historically. The book features a comprehensive introduction to the history and current 'uses' of the theory of open society. The authors link the concept to contemporary themes including education, Artificial Intelligence, cognitive science, African cosmology, colonialism, and feminism. The diversity of viewpoints in the analysis reflects a commitment to plurality that is at the heart of this book and of the idea of open society itself"-- Provided by publisher