Jeremy Adelman

Worldly Philosopher

The Odyssey of Albert O. Hirschman

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Produktbeschreibung

Worldly Philosopher chronicles the times and writings of Albert O. Hirschman, one of the twentieth century's most original and provocative thinkers. In this gripping biography, Jeremy Adelman tells the story of a man shaped by modern horrors and hopes, a worldly intellectual who fought for and wrote in defense of the values of tolerance and change.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 760
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 48mm
• Gewicht: 1102g
• ISBN-13: 9780691163499
• ISBN-10: 0691163499
• Artikelnr.: 40821098

Autorenporträt

Jeremy Adelman is the Walter Samuel Carpenter III Professor of Spanish Civilization and Culture and director of the Council for International Teaching and Research at Princeton University. His books include Worlds Together, Worlds Apart: A History of the World and Sovereignty and Revolution in the Iberian Atlantic (Princeton).

Rezensionen

"[A] biography worthy of the man. Adelman brilliantly and beautifully brings Hirschman to life, giving us an unforgettable portrait of one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary intellectuals. . . . [M]agnificent."--Malcolm Gladwell, New Yorker