Isaiah Berlin - The Journey of a Jewish Liberal

Zusatztext 'Dubnov's book deserves to be read...Helps us to recall the extraordinary relevance of a great thinker of liberal pluralism.' - Il Sole 24 Ore Informationen zum Autor ARIE DUBNOV Lecturer in the History Department at Stanford, USA. Klappentext This study offers an intellectual biography of the philosopher, political thinker, and historian of ideas Sir Isaiah Berlin. It aims to provide the first historically contextualized monographic study of Berlin's formative years and identify different stages in his intellectual development, allowing a reappraisal of his theory of liberalism. Zusammenfassung This study offers an intellectual biography of the philosopher! political thinker! and historian of ideas Sir Isaiah Berlin. It aims to provide the first historically contextualized monographic study of Berlin's formative years and identify different stages in his intellectual development! allowing a reappraisal of his theory of liberalism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Explaining the Liberal Predicament PART I: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING WITTY A Young Boy from Riga Becoming a Russian-Jew The Realist Appeal PART II: THE PINK LIBERAL Mr. Jericho's Piercing Eyes 'I Never Don't Moralize' Karl Marx PART III: THE ANTI-COSMOPOLITAN PLURALIST Collisions On Moses and Joshua Shifting Horizons 'This mighty conflict between the fantasy of Home and the fantasy of Away'

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Explaining the Liberal Predicament PART I: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING WITTY A Young Boy from Riga Becoming a Russian-Jew The Realist Appeal PART II: THE PINK LIBERAL Mr. Jericho's Piercing Eyes 'I Never Don't Moralize' Karl Marx PART III: THE ANTI-COSMOPOLITAN PLURALIST Collisions On Moses and Joshua Shifting Horizons 'This mighty conflict between the fantasy of Home and the fantasy of Away'

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'Dubnov's book deserves to be read...Helps us to recall the extraordinary relevance of a great thinker of liberal pluralism.' - Il Sole 24 Ore

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: A Dubnov, A. Dubnov, Arie Dubnov, Arie M. Dubnov, DUBNOV ARIE M
• Editore: Palgrave UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 03.04.2012
• EAN: 9780230110700
• ISBN: 978-0-230-11070-0
• Pagine: 318
• Serie: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History; Palgrave Studies in Cultural a; Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History; Palgrave Studies in Cultural a
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: dall'antichità ai giorni nostri; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Ebraismo; B, Cultural History, History, European History, Social History, Social & cultural history, Historiography, Judaism, auseinandersetzen, Western Europe, Civilization—History, Palgrave History Collection, History of Britain and Ireland, Great Britain—History, History, general, Europe—History, Isaiah Berlin;Judaism;Karl Marx;Marx;philosophy;Russia