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The central ideas of Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997) remain as alive for our century as they did for his, and his enduring importance as a thinker is matched by his reputation as an essayist of the first rank. This in-depth exploration of a selection of Berlin's most important essays, discussed by a variety of distinguished contributors, offers a scholarly and engaging appraisal of Berlin's most salient philosophical, historical and political preoccupations while relating them to the broad and persistent questions of philosophy, history, politics and culture. Each of the contributors examines Berlin's understanding of humanity through one of his essays, including 'The Hedgehog and the Fox', 'Two Concepts of Liberty', and 'Winston Churchill in 1940', together with less famous ones such as 'The Divorce between the Sciences and the Humanities' and 'The Purpose of Philosophy'. The result is a fresh, penetrating portrait of a major scholar and public intellectual.
Contents
Introduction Johnny Lyons; Part I. Philosophy and Human Understanding: 1. On 'the purpose of philosophy' Quassim Cassam; 2. On 'the purpose of philosophy' Marie McGinn; 3. On 'the divorce between the sciences and the humanities' Samuel Guttenplan; Part II. Enlightenment and Counter-Enlightnment: 4. On 'the philosophers of the enlightenment' Jane O'Grady; 5. On 'the counter-enlightenment' Jonathan Israel; Part III. Political Theory, Free Will and Liberalism: 6. On 'does political theory still exist?' Graham McCann; 7. On 'from hope and fear set free' Thomas Pink; 8. On 'two concepts of liberty' George Crowder; Part IV. The Challenge of Politics: 9. On 'the originality of Machiavelli' Johnny Lyons; 10. On 'political judgement' Michael Ignatieff; Part V. Nationalism and Belonging: 11. On 'herder and the enlightenment' John Ackroyd; 12. On 'nationalism: past neglect and present power' Paul Kelly; Part VI. Russian Reflections: 13. On 'the hedgehog and the fox' Donna Tussing Orwin; 14. On 'Herzen and his memoirs' Jason Ferrell; Part VII. Personal Impressions: 15. On 'Winston Churchill in 1940' David Cannadine; 16. On 'meetings with Russian writers in 1945 and 1956' Lesley Chamberlain; References; Index.
