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Contested Spaces of the Open Society
Name:
Dirk van den Heuvel
City:
Amsterdam
Country:
The Netherlands
Category:
Critique
Contents:
The essay highlights some of the inherent contradictions that architects have to face when trying to build towards an Open Society. The claims by architects, in particular the post-war Team 10 group, which disbanded the famous CIAM organization of modern architecture, are confronted with a rereading of Karl Popper's seminal book.
In what way does your proposal contribute to the open society?
Karl Popper's idea for an Open Society was published in 1945. We have to learn from the history of the welfare state to overcome the inherent contradictions that are part of the project for an Open Society.
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