Affirming: Letters 1975-1997

Berlin, Isaiah

ISBN 10: 1845952251 / ISBN 13: 9781845952259

Published by Random House UK, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Affirming: Letters 1975-1997
• Publisher: Random House UK
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845952251
• ISBN 13: 9781845952259
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New
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Synopsis

In this final volume, Isaiah Berlin enters a profoundly interesting last phase in his life. He dwells on pluralism of values and cultures, political liberalism, the defense of democracy, and the challenge posed by fundamentalism. But there is also gossip to close friends, reflections on music, the arts, and artists, as well as a Shakespearean fascination with the variety of humankind. He reacts, as always, to world events: the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians; the fall of Communism; the Falklands, Gulf, and Bosnian wars; and he observes the leading players on the world stage—Reagan, Thatcher, Begin, Sadat, Shamir, Gorbachev, Yeltsin, Clinton, and Khomeini. Affirming is the crowning achievement both of Berlin’s epistolary life and of the acclaimed edition of his letters that began publication 11 years ago.

About the Author

Isaiah Berlin (1909–1997) was a noted political philosopher widely regarded as one of the leading liberal thinkers of the 20th century. He was awarded the Erasmus, Lippincott, and Agnelli prizes for his contributions to philosophy. Henry Hardy has edited more than 15 volumes of Berlin's letters and writings. Mark Pottle is an Oxford historian.