Rethinking Open Society

Published by Central European University Press 2018

Rethinking Open Society

Edited by: Michael Ignatieff and Stefan Roch

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789633862711

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About this book

The key values of the Open Society – freedom, justice, tolerance, democracy, and respect for knowledge – are increasingly under threat in today’s world. As an effort to uphold those values, this volume brings together some of the key political, social and economic thinkers of our time to re-examine the Open Society closely in terms of its history, its achievements and failures, and its future prospects. Based on the lecture series Rethinking Open Society, which took place between 2017 and 2018 at the Central European University, the volume is deeply embedded in the history and purpose of CEU, its Open Society mission, and its belief in educating skeptical, but passionate citizens.

Author / Editor information

Ignatieff Michael :

Michael Ignatieff served as President and Rector of CEU between 2016 and 2021. He now is a professor in CEU's history department. Ignatieff comes to CEU after serving as Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice of the Press, Politics, and Public Policy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Roch Stefan :

Stefan Roch is researcher at the Central European University.

Reviews

David Runciman:
"When did the open society become so monotone? And what if the world doesn't want its problems solved by self-congratulatory people? The result of this gulf in understanding is written across our politics. Attitudes to higher education was one of the key factors in the vote for Donald Trump. In the Brexit referendum, whether or not someone went to university Was a stronger indicator of how they might vote than gender, age, or class. The essays in this book, which are based on a series of talks given at the Central European University in Budapest, show a clear awareness of this fault line."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Michael Ignatieff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. The Open Society Ideal: For and Against
Open Society as an Oxymoron: A Conversation between Mark Lilla and Michael Ignatieff Mark Lilla and Michael Ignatieff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
The Open Society from a Conservative Perspective Roger Scruton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
Educating Skeptical but Passionate Citizens: The Open Society Ideal as a University Mission Stefan Roch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
II. Open Society in Practice: Democracy, Rule of Law, Free Speech and Secularism
Democracy Defended and Challenged Thomas Christiano Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
Free Speech and the Defense of an Open Society Timothy Garton Ash Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
Religion in the Open Society Tim Crane Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
Constitutionalism in Closing Societies András Sajó Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
III. Open Society in 21st Century Geopolitics
War and Open Society in the Twentieth Century Margaret MacMillan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
Open Societies at Home and Abroad Stephen M. Walt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Eurasia, Europe, and the Question of U.S. Leadership Robert D. Kaplan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
The Open Society in a Networked World Niall Ferguson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Germany and the Fate of Open Society Daniela Schwarzer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
IV. Open Society’s New Enemies: The Authoritarian Competitors
The Puzzle of “Illiberal Democracy” János Kis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
How Can Populism Be Defeated? Jan-Werner Müller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Beyond Demagoguery? The Contemporary Crisis of Political Communication Erica Benner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Populism and Democracy in the Twenty-First Century Pierre Rosanvallon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
The Enduring Appeal of the One-Party State Anne Applebaum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
V. From Transition to Backsliding: Did Open Societies Fail?
After 1989: The Perennial Return of Central Europe Reflections on the Sources of the Illiberal Drift in Central Europe Jacques Rupnik Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
Perhapsburg: Reflections on the Fragility and Resilience of Europe Ivan Krastev Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
Capitalism and Democracy in East Central Europe: A Sequence of Crises Dorothee Bohle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
Civic Activism, Economic Nationalism, and Welfare for the Better Off: Pillars of Hungary’s Illiberal State Béla Greskovits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
Corruption: The Ultimate Frontier of Open Society Alina Mungiu-Pippidi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
Conclusions: The Future of the Open Society Ideal Michael Ignatieff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	329
About the Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	337
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	339

Language: English
Publisher: Central European University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 366
Keywords: Democracy; Freedom of expression; Open society; Political philosophy

eBook

Published: June 10, 2018
ISBN: 9789633862711