Against The Current
Essays in the History of Ideas
Fiction & Literature, Essays & Letters, Essays, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, History
| Author: | Isaiah Berlin | ISBN: | 9781446496190 |
| Publisher: | Random House | Publication: | June 30, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Vintage Digital | Language: | English |
| Author: | Isaiah Berlin |
| ISBN: | 9781446496190 |
| Publisher: | Random House |
| Publication: | June 30, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Vintage Digital |
| Language: | English |
Berlin's main theme in these essays is the importance in the history of ideas of dissenters whose thinking still challenges conventional wisdom - among them Machiavelli, Vico, Montesquieu, Herzen and Sorel. With his unusual powers of imaginative re-creation, he brings to life original minds that swam against the current of their times, and in the process offers a powerful defence of variety in our visions of life.
Roger Hausheer's introduction surveys Berlin's whole oeuvre, and the full bibliography of his pubication has been updated for this Pimlico edition.
Berlin's main theme in these essays is the importance in the history of ideas of dissenters whose thinking still challenges conventional wisdom - among them Machiavelli, Vico, Montesquieu, Herzen and Sorel. With his unusual powers of imaginative re-creation, he brings to life original minds that swam against the current of their times, and in the process offers a powerful defence of variety in our visions of life.
Roger Hausheer's introduction surveys Berlin's whole oeuvre, and the full bibliography of his pubication has been updated for this Pimlico edition.
