LSE PhD student Mazlum Özkan wrote a review of J. McKenzie Alexander‘s new book ‘The Open Society as an Enemy’ for the LSE book review blog.

J. McKenzie Alexander‘s The Open Society as an Enemy revisits Karl Popper’s foundational work on the concept of the “open society” in relation to contemporary threats to democratic values, from the rise of populist nationalism to digital surveillance. This timely, engaging book puts forward a bold proposal for multifaceted social engineering to create more equal and democratic societies that leaves some questions around global applicability and practical implementation, writes Mazlum Özkan.

You can read the article on the LSE review blog.