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Open society and its complexities (Record no. 11246)

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fixed length control field	02200nam a22001817a 4500
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number	9780190648978
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number	300.1
Item number	GAU
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name	Gaus, Gerald F.
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title	Open society and its complexities
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc	New York
Name of publisher, distributor, etc	Oxford University Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc	2021
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent	287 p.
490 0# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement	Philosophy, politics, and economics
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc.	"A mere two decades ago it was widely assumed that liberal democracy and the Open Society had decisively won their century-long struggle against authoritarianism. Although subsequent events have shocked many, F. A. Hayek would not have been surprised that people are in many ways disoriented by the society they have created. As he understood it, the Open Society was a precarious achievement, in many ways at odds with the deepest moral sentiments. His path-breaking analyses argued that the Open Society runs against humans' evolved attraction to "tribalism"; that the Open Society is too complex for moral justification; and that its self-organized complexity defies attempts at democratic governance. In this wide-ranging work, Gerald Gaus critically re-examines Hayek's analyses. Drawing on diverse work in social and moral science, Gaus argues that Hayek's program was manifestly prescient and strikingly sophisticated, always identifying real and pressing problems, though he underestimated the resources of human morality and the Open Society to cope with the challenges he perceived. Gaus marshals formal models and empirical evidence to show that the Open Society is grounded on the moral foundations of human cooperation originating in the distant evolutionary past, but has built upon them a complex and diverse society that requires rethinking both the nature of moral justification and the meaning of democratic self-governance. In these fearful, angry, and inward-looking times, when political philosophy has itself become an hostile exchange between ideological camps, The Open Society and Its Complexities shows how moral and ideological diversity, far from being the enemy of a free and open society, can be its foundation"--
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element	Social sciences
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element	Social ethics.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element	Liberalism.
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Source of classification or shelving scheme	Dewey Decimal Classification
Koha item type	Books

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		Dewey Decimal Classification			Reference	BMU Library	BMU Library	28/01/2025	IBD (Bill No. 121195, Date - 07-01-2025)	8458.40		300.1 GAU	L2551	30/01/2025	30/01/2025	Books	School of Law
		Dewey Decimal Classification			Text Books	BMU Library	BMU Library	28/01/2025	IBD (Bill No. 121195, Date - 07-01-2025)	8458.40	1	300.1 GAU	L2552	06/03/2025	30/01/2025	Books	School of Law	05/04/2025	06/03/2025