The Proper Study of Mankind: An Anthology of Essays

Isaiah Berlin

ISBN 10: 0374237506 / ISBN 13: 9780374237509

Published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Proper Study of Mankind: An Anthology of Essays
• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374237506
• ISBN 13: 9780374237509
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: acceptable

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Synopsis

A collection of Isaiah Berlin's essays

Reviews

Oxford professor, philosopher, and historian of ideas, the late Sir Isaiah Berlin (1909-97) was also one of the finest English essayists in the 20th century. This retrospective collection of 17 of his best essays surveys his entire career as a thinker, including his work in political philosophy and the philosophy of history, his thoughts on the Enlightenment, Vico, and Machiavelli, and his passion for Russian literature. Reprinted are such seminal essays as "Two Concepts Liberty" and "The Hedgehog and the Fox," as well as his reflections on Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt. Edited by scholars Hardy and Hausheer, who also provides an introduction, and with a foreword by Noel Annan, this book also includes a helpful bibliography. A fitting epitaph for a man passionately and eloquently devoted to ideas.AThomas L. Cooksey, Armstrong Atlantic State Univ., Savannah, GA
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