A. Dubnov

Isaiah Berlin

The Journey of a Jewish Liberal

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Produktbeschreibung

This study offers an intellectual biography of the philosopher, political thinker, and historian of ideas Sir Isaiah Berlin. It aims to provide the first historically contextualized monographic study of Berlin's formative years and identify different stages in his intellectual development, allowing a reappraisal of his theory of liberalism.

Produktdetails

• Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan US / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-29317-9
• 1st ed. 2012
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 483g
• ISBN-13: 9781349293179
• ISBN-10: 1349293172
• Artikelnr.: 45078246

Autorenporträt

ARIE DUBNOV Lecturer in the History Department at Stanford, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Explaining the Liberal Predicament PART I: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING WITTY A Young Boy from Riga Becoming a Russian-Jew The Realist Appeal PART II: THE PINK LIBERAL Mr. Jericho's Piercing Eyes 'I Never Don't Moralize' Karl Marx PART III: THE ANTI-COSMOPOLITAN PLURALIST Collisions On Moses and Joshua Shifting Horizons 'This mighty conflict between the fantasy of Home and the fantasy of Away'

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Explaining the Liberal Predicament PART I: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING WITTY A Young Boy from Riga Becoming a Russian-Jew The Realist Appeal PART II: THE PINK LIBERAL Mr. Jericho's Piercing Eyes 'I Never Don't Moralize' Karl Marx PART III: THE ANTI-COSMOPOLITAN PLURALIST Collisions On Moses and Joshua Shifting Horizons 'This mighty conflict between the fantasy of Home and the fantasy of Away'

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'Dubnov's book deserves to be read...Helps us to recall the extraordinary relevance of a great thinker of liberal pluralism.' - Il Sole 24 Ore