# Rebuilding the Open Society | Roger Partridge

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Published: 2025-11-18T08:30:00+00:00
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## Resource

👉 Visit cis.org.au to access all our content. In this episode of Liberalism in Question, we dive into Roger Partridge’s provocative Quillette essay, ”Classical Liberalism Without Strong Gods”, where he challenges the rise of ”strong gods” like religion and nationalism as antidotes to liberal society’s spiritual void. You can read the article here: https://quillette.com/2025/06/10/classical-liberalism-without-strong-gods-open-society-popper/ As Chairman and co-founder of The New Zealand Initiative, Roger defends Karl Popper’s vision of the open society. He argues that epistemic humility, critical inquiry, and moral seriousness can foster cohesion without authoritarian risks, while proposing fixes like civic education reform, housing deregulation, welfare tweaks to support families, and local autonomy. Join us as Roger unpacks liberalism’s drift, the threats from identity politics and relativism, and a bold path forward. 👉 Support Sound Research: 🔹 Become a member: https://www.cis.org.au/membership-2-step-1/ 🔹 Make a donation: https://www.cis.org.au/support/donate/today/ 🔹 Learn more: https://www.cis.org.au/

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