Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 276 pages)
ISBN:
9781316481448
Series Statement:
Cambridge companions to philosophy
Content:
Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997) was a central figure in twentieth-century political thought. This volume highlights Berlin's significance for contemporary readers, covering not only his writings on liberty and liberalism, the Enlightenment and Romanticism, Russian thinkers and pluralism, but also the implications of his thought for political theory, history, and the social sciences, as well as the ethical challenges confronting political actors, and the nature and importance of practical judgment for politics and scholarship. His name and work are inseparable from the revival of political philosophy and the analysis of political extremism and defense of democratic liberalism following World War II. Berlin was primarily an essayist who spoke through commentary on other authors and, while his own commitments and allegiances are clear enough, much in his thought remains controversial. Berlin's work constitutes an unsystematic and incomplete, but nevertheless sweeping and profound, defense of political, ethical, and intellectual humanism in an anti-humanistic age.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Sep 2018)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107138506
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781316503058
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Cambridge companion to Isaiah Berlin Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2018 ISBN 9781316503058
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107138506
Language:
English
Keywords:
Berlin, Isaiah 1909-1997
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Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1017/9781316481448
