Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2002-283107
Reviews
'Practically every paragraph introduces us to half a dozen new ideas andas many thinkers - the landscape flashes past, peopled with familiar andunfamiliar people, all arguing incessantly. It is all a very long way from theaustere eloquence of Mill's marvellous essay On Liberty, with which thiscollection's title seems to challenge comparison; but it is a measure of thestature of these essays that they stand such a comparison.'Alan Ryan, New Society, 'These famous essays ... are informed by that radical humanism, in the truest sense of that impoverished word, which has attached Sir Isaiah so closely to such nineteenth century figures as Herzen and Mill ...'Philip Toynbee, Observer, 'A magnificent and indispensable volume: the best introduction to the most important and enduring of Berlin's ideas.'John Gray'For anyone wishing to have the essence of Berlin's thinking, Liberty is the volume to have.'John Banville, Irish Times''Liberty not only offers a comprehensive overview of Isaiah Berlin's main topics and ideas, but also enables us to understand the development and relevance of those ideas in the context of his personality.'Steffen Gross, Dialektik'Practically every paragraph introduces us to half a dozen new ideas and as many thinkers - the landscape flashes past, peopled with familiar and unfamiliar people, all arguing incessantly. It is all a very long way from the austere eloquence of Mill's marvellous essay On Liberty, with which this collection's title seems to challenge comparison; but it is a measure of the stature of these essays that they stand such a comparison.'Alan Ryan, New Society'These famous essays ... are informed by that radical humanism, in the truest sense of that impoverished word, which has attached Sir Isaiah so closely to such nineteenth century figures as Herzen and Mill ...'Philip Toynbee, Observer, 'Liberty not only offers a comprehensive overview of Isaiah Berlin's maintopics and ideas, but also enables us to understand the development andrelevance of those ideas in the context of his personality.' Steffen Gross,Dialektik, 'For anyone wishing to have the essence of Berlin's thinking, Liberty is the volume to have.' John Banville, Irish Times, 'Practically every paragraph introduces us to half a dozen new ideas and as many thinkers - the landscape flashes past, peopled with familiar and unfamiliar people, all arguing incessantly. It is all a very long way from the austere eloquence of Mill's marvellous essay On Liberty, with whichthis collection's title seems to challenge comparison; but it is a measure of the stature of these essays that they stand such a comparison.'Alan Ryan, New Society, 'Liberty not only offers a comprehensive overview of Isaiah Berlin's main topics and ideas, but also enables us to understand the development and relevance of those ideas in the context of his personality.' Steffen Gross, Dialektik
Dewey Edition
21
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Dewey Decimal
323.44
Table Of Content
The Editor's TaleFive Essays on LibertyIntroductionPolitical Ideas in the Twentieth CenturyHistorical InevitabilityTwo Concepts of LibertyJohn Stuart Mill and the Ends of LifeFrom Hope and Fear Set FreeOther Writings on LibertyLibertyThe Birth of Greek IndividualismFinal RetrospectAutobiographical AppendicesThe Purpose Justifies the WaysA Letter to George KennanNotes on PrejudiceBerlin and his Critics by Ian HarrisIndex
Edition Description
Revised edition
Synopsis
Liberty is a revised and expanded edition of the book that Isaiah Berlin regarded as his most important-- Four Essays on Liberty , a standard text of liberalism, constantly in demand and constantly discussed since it was first published in 1969. Writing in Harper's , Irving Howe described it as "an exhilarating performance--this, one tells oneself, is what the life of the mind can be." Berlin's editor Henry Hardy has revised the text, incorporating a fifth essay that Berlin himself had wanted to include. He has also added further pieces that bear on the same topic, so that Berlin's principal statements on liberty are at last available together in one volume. Finally, in an extended preface and in appendices drawn from Berlin's unpublished writings, he exhibits some of the biographical sources of Berlin's lifelong preoccupation with liberalism. These additions help us to grasp the nature of Berlin's "inner citadel," as he called it--the core of personal conviction from which some of his most influential writing sprung., Liberty is a revised and expanded edition of the book that Isaiah Berlin regarded as his most important--Four Essays on Liberty, a standard text of liberalism, constantly in demand and constantly discussed since it was first published in 1969. Writing in Harper's, Irving Howe described it as "an exhilarating performance--this, one tells oneself, is what the life of the mind can be." Berlin's editor Henry Hardy has revised the text, incorporating a fifth essay that Berlin himself had wanted to include. He has also added further pieces that bear on the same topic, so that Berlin's principal statements on liberty are at last available together in one volume. Finally, in an extended preface and in appendices drawn from Berlin's unpublished writings, he exhibits some of the biographical sources of Berlin's lifelong preoccupation with liberalism. These additions help us to grasp the nature of Berlin's "inner citadel," as he called it--the core of personal conviction from which some of his most influential writing sprung., Liberty is an expanded edition of Isaiah Berlin's classic of liberalism, Four Essays on Liberty. Berlin's editor Henry Hardy has incorporated a fifth essay, as Berlin wished, and added further pieces on the same topic, so that Berlin's principal statements on liberty are available together for the first time. He also describes the gestation of the book and throws further biographical light on Berlin's preoccupation with liberty in appendices drawn from his unpublished writings., Liberty is a revised and expanded edition of the book that Isaiah Berlin regarded as his most important - Four Essays on Liberty, a standard text of liberalism, constantly in demand and constantly discussed since it was first published in 1969. Writing in Harper's, Irving Howe described it as 'an exhilarating performance - this, one tells oneself, is what the life of the mind can be'.Berlin's editor Henry Hardy has revised the text, incorporating a fifth essay that Berlin himself had wanted to include. He has also added further pieces that bear on the same topic, so that Berlin's principal statements on liberty are at last available together in one volume. Finally, in an extended preface and in appendices drawn from Berlin's unpublished writings he exhibits some of the biographical sources of Berlin's lifelong preoccupation with liberalism. These additions help us to grasp the nature of Berlin's 'inner citadel', as he called it - the core of personal conviction from which some of his most influential writing sprang.
LC Classification Number
JC585.B418 2002
Copyright Date
2002
ebay_catalog_id
4
