Karl Popper - the formative years 1902 - 1945 ; politics and philosophy in interwar Vienna

This intellectual biography recovers the legacy of Karl Popper (1902-1994), the progressive, cosmopolitan, Viennese socialist who combated fascism, revolutionized the philosophy of science, and envisioned the Open Society. Malachi Hacohen draws a compelling portrait of the philosopher, the assimilated Jewish intelligentsia, and the vanished culture of Red Vienna, which was decimated by Nazism. Seeking to rescue Popper from his postwar conservative and anticommunist reputation, Hacohen restores his works to their original Central European contexts and, at the same time, shows that they have urgent messages for contemporary politics and philosophy. Frontmatter Acknowledgments (page ix) Introduction (page 1) Context, Biography, and Autobiography in Popper Scholarship (page 8) 1 Progressive Philosophy and the Politics of Jewish Assimilation in Late Imperial Vienna (page 23) 2 The Great War, the Austrian Revolution, and Communism Youth in War (page 71) 3 The Early 1920s: School Reform, Socialism, and Cosmopolitanism (page 98) 4 The Pedagogic Institute and the Psychology of Knowledge, 1925-1928 (page 132) 5 The Philosophical Breakthrough, 1929-1932 (page 171) 6 The Logic of Scientific Discovery and the Philosophical Revolution, 1932-1935 (page 214) 7 Red Vienna, the "Jewish Question," and Emigration, 1936-1937 (page 290) 8 Social Science in Exile, 1938-1939 (page 336) 9 The Open Society, 1940-1942 (page 383) 10 The Rebirth of Liberalism in Science and Politics, 1943-1945 (page 449) Epilogue: Popper in the Postwar World, 1946-1994 (page 521) Bibliography (page 552) Index (page 591) Karl Popper (1902-1994) is one of this century's most influential philosophers, but his life in fin-de siècle and interwar Vienna, and his exile in New Zealand during World War II, have so far remained shrouded in mystery. This intellectual 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 Hacohen delves into his archives (as well as the archives of his colleagues) and draws a compelling portrait of the philosopher, the assimilated Jewish intelligentsia, and the vanished culture of Red Vienna, which was decimated by Nazism. Hacohen's adventurous biography restores Popper's works to their original Central European contexts and, at the same time, shows that they have urgent messages for contemporary politics and philosophy.--Publisher description Karl Popper (1902-1994) is one of this century's most influential philosophers, but his life in fin-de siècle 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 Hacohen delves into his archives (as well as the archives of his colleagues) and draws a compelling portrait of the philosopher, the assimilated Jewish intelligentsia, and the vanished culture of Red Vienna, which was decimated by Nazism. Hacohen's adventurous biography restores Popper's works to their original Central European contexts and, at the same time, shows that they have urgent messages for contemporary politics and philosophy "This 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 Hacohen delves into his archives (as well as the archives of his colleagues) and draws a compelling portrait of the philosopher, the assimilated Jewish intelligentsia, and the vanished culture of Red Vienna, which was decimated by Nazism. Seeking to rescue Popper from his postwar conservative and anticommunist reputation, Hacohen restores his works to their original Central European contexts and, at the same time, shows that they have urgent messages for contemporary politics and philosophy." "Hacohen's is a biography that recovers the historical origins and meanings of ideas and renders them relevant to the present."--Jacket "It is difficult - nay impossible - to recreate the atmosphere in which I grew up," wrote Popper in a draft of his Autobiography. This 2001 Biography Reassesses Philosopher Karl Popper's Life And Works Within The Context Of Interwar Vienna. Malachi Haim Hacohen. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 552-589) And Index.