Open Society, Friendship, and Trust III
Funded by the Higher Education Support Program
of The Open Society Institute

What are open and closed societies open and closed to? Is open society an ideal that we cannot achieve, or a reality from which we cannot escape? What are the `reactionary' attempts to return to tribalism reacting against? Is friendship impossible in an open society, or something that is protected by it? How do institutions differ from collectives? Is equality before the law incompatible with friendship? How do open society and civil society differ? Does freedom depend upon institutions, or upon the individuals that man them? Is democracy enough to make a society open? Are security and freedom incompatible goals? Is the belief in the market a belief in magic? Does trust facilitate open society, or is it an impediment to it? Should we make friendship and trust our political ideals?

A third workshop on `Open Society, Friendship, and Trust' will be held from 12-17 June at the Central European University in Budapest.

This workshop will consist of a series of round-table discussions devoted to questions raised by Karl Popper's book The Open Society and Its Enemies.

Philosophers and scientists with interests in these questions are encouraged to apply.

`Open Society, Friendship, and Trust III' will be directed by Dr. Mark Notturno and Dr. Kira Viktorova. Travel to and accommodations in Budapest, plus a book allowance and a workshop participant's grant, are available for participants from Central and Eastern Europe.

Those interested in participating should send a cover letter and curriculum vitae to

Mark Notturno in (email: <notturno@magnet.at>.

Tel: 43-1-315-7422. Fax: 43 - 1 - 315-7423)

and a copy to Riccardo Chelleri in Budapest (email: <chelleri@ceu.hu>.

Tel: 36-1-327-3189. Fax: 36-1-327-3190.)

Applications must be received no later than 1 May 1999.