Political Philosophy and the Open Society

Dante Germino makes an invaluable contribution to a sustainable notion of the open society, demonstrating connections as Raghavan Iyer did in Parapolitics and very few others have done, between contemporary sacred or even agnostic humanism and classical notions of politics. Dante Germino draws at once upon his close reading of Eric Voegelin's work in political philosophy and explores new ground in reconceiving the notion of an open society that is not historically idiosyncratic to the modern era as was Karl Popper's notion, but stated in terms of the human spirit that are universalizable to any human epoch. Strongly recommended as an intellectual resource for challenges likely to be with us throughout the 21st century.