The Paradoxes of Unintended Consequences

Published by Central European University Press 2000

The Paradoxes of Unintended Consequences

Edited by: Ralf Dahrendorf , Yehuda Elkana , Aryeh Neier , William Newton-Smith and István Rév

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789633865422

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About this book

This volume of essays is dedicated to George Soros in honor of his seventieth birthday. The authors come from the different but intersecting worlds of academia, politics and business. The editors have chosen the title The Paradoxes of Unintended Consequences to encourage the contributors to adopt a dialogue-oriented approach and in reference to the example of Giordano Bruno, who was burnt at the stake 400 years ago for holding heretic views which were probably far more backward than the views of those condemning him. The idea behind this approach was that any complex social process or political attempt to change the lives of people will have unintended consequences, usually paradoxical ones. These consequences should force us to reconsider our original theory. The volume also contains a short biography of George Soros and a list of his published works and philanthropic initiatives

Author / Editor information

Elkana Yehuda :

Yehuda Elkana (1934–2012) was historian and philosopher of science, former President and Rector of Central European University (1999–2009).

Neier Aryeh :

Aryeh Neier is an American human rights activist. He was the president of the Open Society Institute and a founder of Human Rights Watch.

Newton-Smith William :

William Newton-Smith is Fellow & Tutor in Philosophy, Balliol College, University of Oxford; Chairman at the Higher Education Support Program, Open Society Institute, Budapest.

Rév István :

Istvan Rev is the Director of the Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives and Professor at the Department of History.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
List of Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
Preface Yehuda Elkana Publicly Available Download PDF	XV
I The Political Dimension
1 Man of the Year Bronislav Geremek Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Hungary and the Open Society Göncz Árpád Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
3 Travel Notes of an Eastern European in America Andrei Plesu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
II The Social-Intellectual Dimension
4 The Strange (Re)Discovery of Corruption Ivan Krastev Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
5 Music and Freedom: A Polemical History Leon Botstein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
6 Democracy in a Non-Democratic Society Edmund Mokrzycki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
7 Boors and Angels Adam Michnik Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
8 The Unity of Mankind and the Plurality of States Kis Jónos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
III The Legal Dimension
9 Human Rights and Soverignty Aryeh Neier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
10 The Constitutional Honeymoon Is Over. The Paradoxes of Post- Communist Constitution Making Wiktor Osiatyñski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
11 Affordable Shame András Sajó Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
IV The Economic Dimension
12 Hidden in an Envelope: Gratitude Payments to Medical Doctors in Hungary Janos Komai Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
13 What Could the West Have Done to Help the East? Anders Aslund Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
14 Financial Crises, Exchange Rate Arrangements, and the IMF. Rudiger Dornbusch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
V The Historical Dimension
15 Medieval Central Europe: An Invention or a Discovery? Gabor Klarticzay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
16 The Marginality of Totalitarianism Alfred J. Rieber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
17 The-Self-Not-Fulfilling Prophecy Istvan Rev Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
18 Exile and Emigration. The Strange Survival of "German Culture" Wolf Lepenies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
19 Giordano Bruno Nolanus: Authoritarian Sage and Martyr for Free Speech Rivka Feldhay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321
VI The Philosophical Dimension
20 Science and an Open Society: Is the Scientific Community a Genuinely Open One? W. H. Newton-Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	337
21 Art History at the Crossroads Hans Belting Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	351
22 Pornography and the Repressive Function Henry Krips Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	363
23 Unexpected Consequences: Porfolio Screening and the Ethics of Trading Mark Johnston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	383
Biography of George Soros Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	407
Works of George Soros Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	409
George Soros' Philanthtropic Initiatives (including foundations and programs) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	413
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	419

Language: English
Publisher: Central European University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 436
Keywords: Democratization; Ethics; Human rights; Nation-state; Open society; Postcommunism; Totalitarianism

eBook

Published: July 1, 2000
ISBN: 9789633865422