The Open Society and its enemies: Karl Popper’s legacy

Karl Popper, one of the most influential philosophers of science of the 20th century, was the founding figure of the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method at LSE. Professor J McKenzie Alexander explores some of the twists and turns of Popper’s precarious start, how he managed to finally establish himself, and his book The Open Society and its Enemies, which played such an influential role in his life’s trajectory.