Book Review: The Open Society and Its Enemies by Karl Popper

Karl Popper wrote this during the Second World War against totalitarianism and for the democratic process. The book is divided into two parts, covering the thoughts of known philosophers about how to organize the state, to whom power belongs, and why. He writes about Plato, Hegel, Aristoteles, and Marx, and in the second part, he discusses the building blocks of mind, religion, and rationality, drawing his conclusions. He defends rationality, equality, and institutions.

The book is highly cri...