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Description of  Towards a Sociology of the Open Society: Critical Rationalism and the Open Society Volume 2 (Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought)

This book applies the general theory of critical rationalism in order to develop a new sociology of the open society, in general, and a new analysis of the transition from a closed society to an open society in particular. It presents a criticism of Karl Poppers analysis of human action for opening up a closed society, followed by a critical study of the mainstream sociology to show how justificational models of knowledge and rational action have prevented sociology from addressing the contribution of human action to social change. Read more