About this title: Isaiah Berlin is renowned for his analysis of the ideas that have influenced or transformed societies. He has a deep commitment to liberty and pluralism, and has devoted the half-century and more of his professional life as a teacher and lecturer to exploring the conditions which allow these ideals to flourish, and those which threaten them. Utopianism, cultural history, relativism, Fascism, romanticism, nationalism - the range of the eight essays collected here have as their common theme varieties of anti-rationalism. The longest essay, on Joseph de Maistre, is published here for the first ...
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Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN-13:9780691058382ISBN:0691058385
Description: Very Good. 0691058385 Paperback, Condition: Very Good; this book is in very good condition with light curve to the spine / light reading creases to the covers. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1991-03-27
ISBN-13:9780679401315ISBN:0679401318
Description: Very Good. Nice Copy ~ 1st Edition ~ DJ shows wear/chipping mainly at the edge of the folds ~ HC in excellent condition w/corners sharp ~ Inside pages clean ~ Inscription to previous owner on first end page ~ Binding tight ~ read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 1998-02-02
ISBN-13:9780691058382ISBN:0691058385
Description: Very Good. 1990 paperback no marks and is in very good condition All of our products are cleaned with an disinfectant for your protection before shipping. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage Books / Random House, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780679735762ISBN:0679735763
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book appears unread, spine unbent. Wraps have touch of shopwear. Pages are clean & text is free from markings. All pages secure in binding. read more
Description: "This new volume-devoted, like 'Against the Current', to the history of ideas-contains one early essay on Joseph de Maistre, which has never previously been published, three essays written in the last decade, and four essays excluded from 'Against the Current'. Pp.12/276, owner's name to title page. P/b. G+. read more
Edition: First Edition ~1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Publ, New York
Date Published: 1991
Description: Near fine in near fine jacket; minor soiling to jacket, small stain at top of gutter on rear jacket panel else a tight square unmarked copy in unclipped jacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: John Murray Publishers Ltd
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780719547898ISBN:071954789X
Description: Good. MARKINGS TO PAGE EDGES-GOOD OVERALL CONDITION-TRUSTED DEVON (UK) BASED SELLER-IN STOCK-SENT WITHIN 1 WORKING DAY-AVAILABLE BY EMAIL FOR QUERIES-NO QUIBBLE REFUND IF NOT COMPLETELY SATISFIED- read more
Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: VINTAGE Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780712606165ISBN:0712606165
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 288 pages. (288 pages) the author discusses in the eight essays in this volume the meaning and significance of utopianism; cultural history; relativism; fascism; romanticism and nationalism; and explores the conditions which have allowed these ideals to flourish and those which have threatened them. edition new ed (Paperback) read more
Edition: First U.S.
Binding: One Quarter Cloth
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780679401315ISBN:0679401318
Description: VG+ in VG jacket. Light shelf wear to book and jacket; jacket is rubbed to rear panel, some wear to spine tips and corners. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾". Hard Cover. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780691058382ISBN:0691058385
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 8.58 by 5 inches. [allow 1-2 weeks transit to europe]. (00288 pages) lang=english accessory: no accessory (Paperback ) read more
"A must. Berlin is one of the greatest sages of the previous century. When the misty fad of Foucault, Derrida and company has faded and we are in deep catastrophe and faced with the temptations to radical extremism violence and mad utopianism on the left and rigid reaction on the right Berlin will be needed."
"I recommend the chapters entitled "Joseph de Maistre and the Origins of Fascism" (available for download at the New York Review of Books' website), "The Apotheosis of the Romantic Will," and "The Decline of Utopian Ideas in the West." Since I scanned this book into my computer I can email it to interested readers."
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