A collection of essays by Isaiah Berlin, which include the topics: realism in history; judgement in politics; the special right of philosophers to self-expression; the history of socialism; the nature and impact of Marxism; the radical cultural revolution instigated by romanticism; the Russian notion of artistic commitment; and the origins and practice of nationalism.
A collection of essays by Isaiah Berlin, which include the topics: realism in history; judgement in politics; the special right of philosophers to sel...
The main theme of this collection of essays is the importance in the history of thought of dissenters whose ideas still challenge conventional wisdom. The book offers a powerful defence of variety in our visions of life, and it also contains an updated bibliography of Berlin's publications.
The main theme of this collection of essays is the importance in the history of thought of dissenters whose ideas still challenge conventional wisdom....
Included here are Berlin's early arguments against logical positivism, and later essays reflecting his interest in political theory, intellectual history and the philosophy of history. He states: The goal of philosophy is to assist men to understand themselves and not operate wildly in the dark.
Included here are Berlin's early arguments against logical positivism, and later essays reflecting his interest in political theory, intellectual hist...
This is the only text Berlin wrote in which he laid out, in one connected account, his key insights about the history of ideas in the bridge between the 19th and 20th centuries. It is a distillate of the formative early work of a man regarded as one of the leading thinkers of the 20th century.
This is the only text Berlin wrote in which he laid out, in one connected account, his key insights about the history of ideas in the bridge between t...
