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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.
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction: Explaining the Liberal Predicament
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The Importance of Being Witty
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The Pink Liberal
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The Anticosmopolitan Pluralist
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Conclusion: “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
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ARIE DUBNOV Lecturer in the History Department at Stanford, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Isaiah Berlin
Book Subtitle: The Journey of a Jewish Liberal
Authors: Arie M. Dubnov
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137015723
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-11070-0Published: 03 April 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-29317-9Published: 03 April 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-01572-3Published: 14 March 2012
Series ISSN: 2945-6630
Series E-ISSN: 2945-6649
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 318
Topics: Judaism, Social History, History, general, European History, Cultural History, History of Britain and Ireland