The Open Philosophy and the Open Society

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Contents PART ONE: TOWARDS AN OPEN PHILOSOPHY Chapter 1: THE SCIENTIFIC CHARACTER OF MARXISM 1. Marxism in Wonderland 2. Is Marxism Falsifiable? 3. Fundamentals of Marxist Social Theory 4. Does Marxism Allow Logical Contradictions? 5. Dialectical Materialism and Scientific Method Chapter 2: THE MATERIALIST APPROACH 1. Materialism versus Idealism 2. The Case against Idealism 3. The Case for Materialism Chapter 3: THE MEANING OF DIALECTICS 1. Dialectics versus Metaphysics 2. Materialist Dialectics 3. The Concrete Analysis of Concrete Conditions 4. The Dialectical Materialist Theory of Knowledge 5. Reinforced Dogmatism Reinforced Chapter 4: THE NECESSITY OF DIALECTICS 1. The Science of Interconnections 2. The Unity of Opposites 3. The Test of Dialectical Materialism 4. The Philosophy of Identity PART TWO: PREMISES FOR POLITICS Chapter 1: HISTORICISM AND HISTORICAL PREDICTION 1. The Dogmatism of Historicism 2. Men Make their own History 3. Historical Prediction 4. Prediction, Probability and Intent 5. Necessity and Inevitability 6. Science and Utopia Chapter 2: SCIENCE APPLIED TO POLITICS 1. Problems of Social Science 2. Social Science and Politics 3. Conduct and Aims of Marxist Political Parties Chapter 3: THE CRITIQUE OF CAPITALISM 1. Has Capitalism Disappeared? 2. The Labour Theory of Value 3. Surplus Value and Exploitation of Wage-Labour 4. The General Law of Capitalist Accumulation Chapter 4: SOCIAL REVOLUTION AND SOCIAL ENGINEERING 1. The Socialist Revolution 2. Social Engineering 3. Reform and Revolution Chapter 5: THE INSTITUTION OF POLITICAL POWER 1. Institutions 2. Institutions and Classes 3. Classes and Political Power 4. The Executive Power of the State Chapter 6: THE BATTLE OF DEMOCRACY 1. The Definition of Democracy 2. Public Control and Class Control 3. Political and Economic Power 4. Socialist Democracy PART THREE: TOWARDS AN OPEN SOCIETY Chapter 1: EQUALITY 1. Equality of Rights 2. Equality and the Abolition of Classes Chapter 2: FREEDOM 1. Freedom and Restriction of Freedom 2. Freedom, Rights and Security 3. Freedom from Exploitation 4. Freedom and Necessity 5. The Means and Opportunities for Individual Freedom Chapter 3: THE OPEN SOCIETY 1. The Closed and the Open Society 2. The Way Into the Open Society 3. Responsibility, Individual and Collective Chapter 4: COMMUNISM 1. The Rationality and Practicality of Communism 2. Social ImpUcations of Modem Techniques 3. The Communist Programme Chapter 5: THE TRANSITION TO COMMUNISM 1. Democratic Socialist Planning 2. From Socialism to Communism Chapter 6: THE OPEN SOCIETY AND ITS ENEMIES 1. Communism and Anti-Communism 2. Against Violence, for Just Laws, for Individual Rights 3. The Rationalist Belief in Reason Index: