A mind and its time : the development of Isaiah Berlin's political thought /

A detailed study of Isaiah Berlin: historian, philosopher, and political theorist. Situates his evolving ideas in the context of British society and world politics. Offers a new interpretation of Berlin's influential writings on liberty and his debts to philosophy, and makes clear his relations...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cherniss, Joshua L. (Joshua Laurence), 1979-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2013.
Series:	Oxford historical monographs.
Subjects:	Berlin, Isaiah, > 1909-1997 > Philosophy. Berlin, Isaiah, > 1909-1997 Political science > Philosophy. Liberalism > Philosophy. Libéralisme > Philosophie. PHILOSOPHY > Political. Liberalism > Philosophy Philosophy Political science > Philosophy Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

'Not a very political thinker'? : Berlin's intellectual development, 1928-1939
War and Peace
Anti-Communist Manifestos : Berlin and Cold War politics
Against 'Engineers of Human Souls' : Berlin's anti-managerial liberalism
Between Realism and Utopianism : the political ethics of moderation
The Road to Liberty : Berlin's early conceptualizations of freedom
Conceiving Liberty : precursors, influences, contemporaries
The Inner Citadel : Berlin's conception of liberty.