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The Closed Society and Its Ligatures—A Critique Using the Example of 'Landscape'

Olaf Kühne, Karsten Berr, Corinna Jenal (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

VI, 145 Seiten

2023 | 1st ed. 2023
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH (Verlag)
978-3-658-40112-2 (ISBN)

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In the face of great challenges, utopian thinking is currently in vogue. The fact that utopias, with their ideas of an idealized target society, are not compatible with the basic features of an Open Society was already pointed out by Karl Popper in his book 'Die Offene Gesellschaft und ihre Feinde' (The Open Society and its Enemies) under the impression of National Socialism and Stalinism. In the present book, further forms of Closed Societies and the principal similarities (and differences) of their construction are examined. This is done by drawing on Ralf Dahrendorf's concept of life chances, in which he deals with the interaction of options and ligatures. The ambivalence of Dahrendorf's understanding of ligatures, since they restrict options on the one hand, but also give them meaning on the other, is resolved by a threefold differentiation: into ethical and moral, internally and externally directed, and explicit and implicit ligatures. While the former are capable of enabling lifechances, the latter tend to limit them. Based on this, the authors elaborate on the landscape (side) consequences of various closed societies and how ill-suited they are for dealing with current challenges.

Dr. Dr. Olaf Kühne is professor of Urban and Regional Development at the University of Tübingen. Dr. Karsten Berr is a research associate in the research group on Urban and Regional Development at the University of Tübingen. Dr. Corinna Jenal is an academic councillor in the research group on Urban and Regional Development at the University of Tübingen.

Introduction.- Open Societies as Guarantors of Life Chances.- Morals, Moralizations and Landscapes.- Open and Closed Societies.- Landscapes as Consequences and Side Consequences of Enmity to the Open Society.- ... and then probably the Open Society with its Landscapes after all.- The Open Society and its Life Chances - a Condensate as a Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	23.02.2023
Zusatzinfo	VI, 145 p. 2 illus., 1 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Wiesbaden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	244 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeine Soziologie
Schlagworte	Adequacy • aestheticization • Aesthetics • Closed Society • Conspiracy theories • ethical ligatures • ethical reflections • externally directed ligatures • internally directed ligatures • life chances • moralization • moral ligatures • Non-utopianism • Open Society • Ralf Dahrendorf • Society orders
ISBN-10	3-658-40112-5 / 3658401125
ISBN-13	978-3-658-40112-2 / 9783658401122
Zustand	Neuware