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The Book of Isaiah: Personal Impressions of Isaiah Berlin
Henry Hardy (Ed.)
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This collection of pen-portraits of the renowned public intellectual Isaiah Berlin, published to mark the centenary of his birth, brings him vividly to life from many vantage-points: essential reading for all who seek to understand the full range of his impact. Isaiah Berlin was born a century ago. One of the most celebrated British thinkers of the twentieth century, he was a tireless champion of freedom and diversity against control and conformity. His generous, open vision of life is displayed with special immediacy in his brilliant pen-portraits of contemporaries, Personal Impressions, in which he sees the point of radically ... Read more
This collection of pen-portraits of the renowned public intellectual Isaiah Berlin, published to mark the centenary of his birth, brings him vividly to life from many vantage-points: essential reading for all who seek to understand the full range of his impact. Isaiah Berlin was born a century ago. One of the most celebrated British thinkers of the twentieth century, he was a tireless champion of freedom and diversity against control and conformity. His generous, open vision of life is displayed with special immediacy in his brilliant pen-portraits of contemporaries, Personal Impressions, in which he sees the point of radically ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843838760
SKU
V9781843838760
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Reviews for The Book of Isaiah: Personal Impressions of Isaiah Berlin
[Includes] first-rate contributions from, among others, the philosopher Bryan Magee; his biographer
Michael Ignatieff; and Henry Hardy.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
An impressive cast assembles to pay [Berlin's] genius homage.
THE INDEPENDENT
Michael Ignatieff; and Henry Hardy.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
An impressive cast assembles to pay [Berlin's] genius homage.
THE INDEPENDENT