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The proper study of mankind : an anthology of essays

Title
The proper study of mankind : an anthology of essays / Isaiah Berlin ; edited by Henry Hardy and Roger Hausheer ; with a foreword by Noel Annan ; and an introduction by Roger Hausheer.
Author
Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997.
Publication
London : Chatto & Windus, 1997.

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Additional Authors
  • Hardy, Henry.
  • Hausheer, Roger.
Description
xxxvi, 667 p.; 25 cm.
Subject
  • Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997
  • Civilization > Philosophy
  • History > Philosophy
  • Philosophy, Modern > 20th century
  • Civilization, Modern > 20th century
  • History, Modern > 20th century
Note
  • Includes concise bibliography of Berlin's writings (p. [638]-643).
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The pursuit of the ideal -- Philosophical foundations. The concept of scientific history; Does political theory still exist? -- Freedom and determinism. 'From hope and fear set free'; Historical inevitability -- Political liberty and pluralism. Two concepts of liberty -- History of ideas. The counter-enlightenment; The originality of Machiavelli; The divorce between the sciences and the humanities; Herder and the enlightenment -- Russian writers. The hedgehog and the fox; Herzen and his memoirs; Conversations with Akhmatova and Pasternak -- Romanticism and nationalism in the modern age. The apotheosis of the romantic will; Nationalism : past neglect and present power -- Twentieth-century figures. Winston Churchill in 1940; President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Call Number
JFE 97-6469
ISBN
0701165278
OCLC
36743648
Author
Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997.
Title
The proper study of mankind : an anthology of essays / Isaiah Berlin ; edited by Henry Hardy and Roger Hausheer ; with a foreword by Noel Annan ; and an introduction by Roger Hausheer.
Imprint
London : Chatto & Windus, 1997.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Hardy, Henry.
Hausheer, Roger.
Research Call Number
JFE 97-6469
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