Karl Popper

Dr Parvin is a Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He is a specialist in contemporary political philosophy, in particular issues concerning liberal justice, democracy, and multiculturalism. He has taught politics at a number of universities, including the London School of Economics, where he completed his Doctorate. Dr Meadowcroft is Lecturer in Public Policy at King's College London and the author of The Ethics of the Market (Palgrave, 2005) and co-author of Rescuing Social Capital from Social Democracy (Institute of Economic Affairs, 2007).

• 1. Intellectual Biography; Early beginnings; The Pedagogic Institute; Wittgenstein and the Vienna Circle; 'A fighting book'; The later years; 2. Popper's Ideas; Popper's epistemology; From science to social science; From social science to politics; The Open Society; 3. Reception and Influence of Popper's Philosophy; Popper, Burke, and the fallibility of reason; Radical politics, radical philosophy; Popper and the rise of the New Right; A final word on ideologies; 4. The Contemporary Relevance of Popper's Philosophy; Bibliography; Index.

"The volumes in this timely series comprise the most comprehensive body of material on conservative and libertarian thought yet published in a single project devoted to the subject. The series will prove an indispensable tool not only for those concerned with the history of political thought but also for those who confront the challenging task of constructing a viable contemporary conservative identity. Professor Meadowcroft had a difficult editorial task, to which he has responded with a judicious choice of thinkers and topics." Noel O'Sullivan, Professor of Political Philosophy, the University of Hull, UK."