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A mind and its time : the development of Isaiah Berlin's political thought / Joshua L. Cherniss.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cherniss, Joshua L. (Joshua Laurence), 1979-
- Series:
- Oxford historical monographs.
- Oxford historical monographs
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997--Biography.
- Berlin, Isaiah.
- Liberalism--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Liberalism.
- Liberalism--Philosophy.
- Liberty.
- Philosophers--Great Britain--Biography.
- Philosophers.
- Philosophy, Modern--20th century.
- Philosophy, Modern.
- Political science--Philosophy--History--20th century.
- Political science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (283 p.)
- Other Title:
- Mind & its time
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A detailed study of Isaiah Berlin: historian, philosopher, and political theorist. Situates his evolving ideas in the context of British society and world politics. Offers a new interpretation of Berlin's influential writings on liberty and his debts to philosophy, and makes clear his relationship to the political debates of his times.
- Contents:
- Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Abbreviations; 1. 'Not a Very Political Thinker'? Berlin's Intellectual Development, 1928-1939; 2. War and Peace; 3. Anti-Communist Manifestos: Berlin and Cold War Politics; 4. Against 'Engineers of Human Souls': Berlin's Anti- Managerial Liberalism; 5. Between Realism and Utopianism: The Political Ethics of Moderation; 6. The Road to Liberty: Berlin's Early Conceptualizations of Freedom; 7. Conceiving Liberty: Precursors, Influences, Contemporaries; 8. The Inner Citadel: Berlin's Conception of Liberty; Conclusion: A Mind in its Time; Bibliography
- IndexA; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Z
- Notes:
- Based on the author's doctoral thesis.
- Bibliography: p. [234]-258; also includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Apr. 24, 2013).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-165415-9
- 1-299-47610-4
- OCLC:
- 922971796
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