The open philosophy and the open society: a reply to Dr. Karl Popper's refutations of Marxism

FOREWORD ......Page 4
CONTENTS ......Page 10
PART ONE: TOWARDS AN OPEN PHILOSOPHY ......Page 14
1. Marxism in Wonderland ......Page 16
2. Is Marxism Falsifiable? ......Page 17
3. Fundamentals of Marxist Social Theory ......Page 22
4. Does Marxism Allow Logical Contradictions? ......Page 30
5. Dialectical Materialism and Scientific Method ......Page 35
1. Materialism versus Idealism ......Page 41
2. The Case against Idealism ......Page 46
3. The Case for Materialism ......Page 50
1. Dialectics versus Metaphysics ......Page 59
2. Materialist Dialectics ......Page 66
3. The Concrete Analysis of Concrete Conditions ......Page 72
4. The Dialectical Materialist Theory of Knowledge ......Page 80
5. Reinforced Dogmatism Reinforced ......Page 87
1. The Science of Interconnections ......Page 96
2. The Unity of Opposites ......Page 100
3. The Test of Dialectical Materialism ......Page 110
4. The Philosophy of Identity ......Page 120
PART TWO: PREMISES FOR POLITICS ......Page 126
1. The Dogmatism of Historicism ......Page 128
2. Men Make their own History ......Page 132
3. Historical Prediction ......Page 136
4. Prediction, Probability and Intent ......Page 142
5. Necessity and Inevitability ......Page 150
6. Science and Utopia ......Page 158
1. Problems of Social Science ......Page 163
2. Social Science and Policies ......Page 171
3. Conduct and Aims of Marxist Political Parties ......Page 177
1. Has Capitalism Disappeared? ......Page 187
2. The Labour Theory of Value ......Page 191
3. Surplus Value and Exploitation of Wage-Labour ......Page 197
4. The General Law of Capitalist Accumulation ......Page 203
1. The Socialist Revolution ......Page 214
2. Social Engineering ......Page 221
3. Reform and Revolution ......Page 226
1. Institutions ......Page 231
2. Institutions and Classes ......Page 238
3. Classes and Political Power ......Page 244
4. The Executive Power of the State ......Page 252
1. The Definition of Democracy ......Page 257
2. Public Control and Class Control ......Page 264
3. Political and Economic Power ......Page 270
4. Socialist Democracy ......Page 273
PART THREE: TOWARDS AN OPEN SOCIETY ......Page 278
1. Equality of Rights ......Page 280
2. Equality and the Abolition of Classes ......Page 286
1. Freedom and Restriction of Freedom ......Page 291
2. Freedom, Rights and Security ......Page 298
3. Freedom from Exploitation ......Page 303
4. Freedom and Necessity ......Page 311
5. The Means and Opportunities for Individual Freedom ......Page 318
1. The Closed and the Open Society ......Page 324
2. The Way Into the Open Society ......Page 327
3. Responsibility, Individual and Collective ......Page 335
1. The Rationality and Practicality of Communism ......Page 342
2. Social Implications of Modem Techniques ......Page 344
3. The Communist Programme ......Page 351
1. Democratic Socialist Planning ......Page 359
2. From Socialism to Communism ......Page 367
1. Communism and Anti-Communism ......Page 372
2. Against Violence, for Just Laws, for Individual Rights ......Page 374
3. The Rationalist Belief in Reason ......Page 382
INDEX: ......Page 390