The Poverty of Historicism

The Poverty of Historicism
AuthorKarl Popper
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistoricism
PublisherRoutledge
Publication date
1957
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages166 (1994 Routledge edition)
ISBN0-415-06569-0 (1994 Routledge edition)
OCLC564446907

The Poverty of Historicism is a 1944 book by the philosopher Karl Popper (revised in 1957), in which the author argues that the idea of historicism is dangerous and bankrupt.