After 1989: Morals, Revolution and Civil Society

Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Must Revolutions Fail?....Pages 3-13
The Open Society and Its Fears....Pages 14-23
Citizens in Search of Meaning....Pages 24-33
Front Matter....Pages 35-35
The Good Society....Pages 37-48
Morality, Institutions and Civil Society....Pages 49-60
Why Excellence Matters....Pages 61-67
Prosperity, Civility and Liberty: Can We Square the Circle?....Pages 68-79
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
The Democratic Revolution, or the Uses of the Science of Politics....Pages 83-89
Who Makes History? On the Entanglements of Economics and Politics....Pages 90-100
Whither Social Sciences?....Pages 101-111
The Public Responsibility of Intellectuals: Against the New Fear of the Enlightenment....Pages 112-122
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
Berlin for Example: From Zero Hour to Civil Society....Pages 125-134
Democracy in Germany: an Anglo-German Perspective....Pages 135-145
Europe — Unity and Diversity....Pages 146-156
From Europe to EUrope: a Story of Hope, Trial and Error....Pages 157-168
Back Matter....Pages 169-179