Paradoxes of Unintended Consequences

By choosing the title The Paradoxes of Unintended Consequences, the editors wished to encourage the contributors to adopt a dialogue-oriented approach. This volume of essays by Geremek, Goncz, Plesu, Michnik, Kornai, Lepenies and other brilliant intellectuals, was dedicated to George Soros in honor of his seventieth birthday.

About the author

Yehuda Elkana (1934-2012) was historian and philosopher of science, former President and Rector of Central European University (1999-2009). Aryeh Neier is an American human rights activist. He was the president of the Open Society Institute and a founder of Human Rights Watch. William Newton-Smith is Fellow & Tutor in Philosophy, Balliol College, University of Oxford; Chairman at the Higher Education Support Program, Open Society Institute, Budapest. Istvan Rev is the Director of the Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives and Professor at the Department of History.

Product details

• Authors: Lord Dahrendorf, Lord Elkana Dahrendorf, Ralf (Director Dahrendorf, Ralf Elkana Dahrendorf, DAHRENDORF LORD ELKANA YEHUDA NE, Istvan Dahrendorf Rev
• Assisted by: Lord Dahrendorf (Editor), Ralf Dahrendorf (Editor), Yehuda Elkana (Editor), Aryeh Neier (Editor), William Newton-Smith (Editor), István Rév (Editor)
• Publisher: Central european university pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2000
• EAN: 9789639241091
• ISBN: 978-963-9241-09-1
• No. of pages: 420
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education