(P/B) THE PROPER STUDY OF MANKIND

Παρουσίαση

Isaiah Berlin is one of the leading thinkers of our day, and one of the finest writers. This book selects some of the best of his essays and represents the full range of his work. The opening sections include Berlin's defence of philosophy and history against assimilation to the methods of science; his seminal essays on liberty; his exposition of his most distinctive doctrine - pluralism. These are followed by brilliant studies of intellectual originators, Russian writers and some of his most distinguished contemporaries. Berlin encapsulates the principal movements that charaterise the modern age; from romanticism and Fascism to exitentialism and nationalism. His insights both illuminate the past and offer a key to the burning issues of the today.(from the publisher)