Episode 19 - Social Science: Historicism, Social Engineering, and the Case of Edward Bernays
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Episode 19 - Social Science: Historicism, Social Engineering, and the Case of Edward Bernays
Who was right? Plato, Aristotle, neither, or both? Tough questions deserving a lifetime of study, or so thinks MoFo. What did Karl Popper think? (Hint: It wasn’t Plato!) Once Popper distinguishes historicism from social engineering as two strains within social thought, the strange case of Edward Bernays may make your skin crawl. As Bernays may have intended it! Listen in . . .