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The Open Society and Its New Enemies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Han Goo Lee
Han Goo Lee*
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Kyung Hee University, Republic of Korea
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Han Goo Lee, Kyung Hee University, Raemian Pentaville Apart. 102 Dong 301 Ho, Yeoksam-Ro309, Kangnam-Gu, Seoul 06215, Republic of Korea. Email: turtlee@gmail.com
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Abstract

This paper elaborates on two classical theories of “Open Society,” i.e. Henri Bergson's and Karl Popper's. It outlines their differences, qualities, and limits. It provides some suggestions about the new enemies of open society in a globalized world, that these new enemies are identified in fanaticism which appears as religious fundamentalism, closed nationalism and political populism. Open society is characterized by the critical use of reason, freedom and tolerance.

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Diogenes , Volume 62 , Issue 2: Current Trends in Korean Philosophy , May 2015, pp. 26 - 31
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Copyright © ICPHS 2017

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