Ralf Dahrendorf, Yehuda Elkana, Aryeh Neier, William Newton-Smith, István Rév
Description
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
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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
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Genres
Politics & Social Issues
Tags
Social Science
Sociology
Political Science
History & Theory
Social Theory
Reading Moods
Intellectual & Thought-Provoking
Contributors
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Publishing Info
Publisher
Central European University Press
Month-Year
Jul, 2000
ISBN
ISBN-13: 9789639241091
ISBN-10: 9639241091
Language
English
No. of Pages
420
Format
Hardcover
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