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The Poverty of Historicism

by Karl Popper

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Originally Misère de l'historicisme · French

Hailed on publication in 1957 as 'probably the only book published this year that will outlive the century', this is a devastating criticism of the idea that there are fixed laws in history and that human beings are able to predict them.On its publication in 1957, The Poverty of Historicism was hailed by Arthur Koestler as 'probably the only book published this year which will outlive the century.'A devastating criticism of fixed and predictable laws in history, Popper dedicated the book to all ...

First published 1956 175 pages
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Philosophy
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DDC 901 LCC D--0016.80000000.P57 1961 Druzbene vedeFilozofija zgodovineHistoireHistoricismHistoricismeHistoricizemHistorismHistorizismus
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ISBN 9780415278454 English
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