Isaiah Berlin

Isaiah Berlin's liberalism seems both dated and essential in an era of ideological extremes. In this volume, ten political theorists reconsider Berlin's thought-especially his famous essay, "Two Concepts of Liberty"-in the light of contemporary political developments such as populism.

List of contents

1. The Pluralist Constitution 2. Paternalism, Individualism, and the Politics of Maturity 3. In Search of the Decent Society: Isaiah Berlin and Raymond Aron on Liberty 4. Beyond the Cold War: Isaiah Berlin for the Twenty-First Century 5. German Idealism and Tragic Maturity 6. Milton, Mill, and Berlin’s History of Monism and Pluralism 7. What (If Anything) Is Wrong with Positive Liberty? 8. Isaiah Berlin and Leo Strauss: Notes Toward a Dialogue 9. Value Pluralism and Tragic Loss 10. Two Cheers for “Two Concepts”: Isaiah Berlin’s Skeptical, Tragic Liberalism

About the author

Jeffrey Friedman, the Editor of Critical Review, is Visiting Scholar in the Social Studies program at Harvard University, USA. He has taught political theory at Barnard College, Columbia University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, and Yale University, and is the author of Power Without Knowledge: A Critique of Technocracy (2019).

Summary

Isaiah Berlin’s liberalism seems both dated and essential in an era of ideological extremes. In this volume, ten political theorists reconsider Berlin’s thought—especially his famous essay, “Two Concepts of Liberty”—in the light of contemporary political developments such as populism.

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey Friedman, Jeffrey (Harvard University Friedman
• Assisted by: Jeffrey Friedman (Editor), Friedman Jeffrey (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2022
• EAN: 9781032355641
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3235564-1
• No. of pages: 230
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Warfare & defence, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Warfare and defence, Political science and theory, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies