Isaiah Berlin - A Kantian and Post-Idealist Thinker

This book argues that the Russian-British philosopher Isaiah Berlin should primarily be understood through British idealism. Though he adopted Kantian methodology and a view of people as purposive beings, he rejected the Idealists' monism and theories of positive liberty. Robert A. Kocis demonstrates how, like Michael Oakeshott and R. G. Collingwood, Berlin can be seen as a 'post-Idealist' thinker, invested in the implications of that rich tradition. --

About the author

Robert A. Kocis is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Scranton. He is the author of A Critical Appraisal of Sir Isaiah Berlin's Political Philosophy.

Summary

Isaiah Berlin, a prominent public intellectual of the second half of the twentieth century, is examined in historical context for the first time as a thinker deeply influenced by, and deeply reactive against, the British Idealists.

Product details

• Authors: Robert A. Kocis
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.08.2022
• EAN: 9781786838957
• ISBN: 978-1-78683-895-7
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Political Philosophy Now
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Post, Berlin, Robert, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Idealist, Thinker, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies, Kantian, Isaiah, Kocis