The open society and its enemies

The Open Society and Its Enemies by Karl Popper was published in 1945 - and is highly topical. The slogan “open society” still shapes the self-image of many democracies today, especially in conflicts with non-democratic forces. Following in the footsteps of Karl Popper, the study day explores the core questions of open societies: What are our fundamental values? How do we want to live? What challenges are we currently facing and how existential are they? What and how do we argue? How and with what means do we want or have to defend ourselves? Contributors Dr. Julia Gerlach is a political scientist (doctorate on contentious democracy) and head of studies for democracy, economics and social affairs at the Evangelical Academy of Saxony. Dr. Maik Herold is a political scientist and research assistant in the MIDEM research project of the Hans Vorländer senior professorship at the Technical University of Dresden. His main focus lies…