Russian thinkersThe theme that links these essays--written over thirty years--is the phenomenon of the Russian intelligentsia, which Isaiah Berlin describes as 'the largest single Russian contribution to social change in the world'. |
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User Review - P_S_Patrick - LibraryThingIn these ten essays Isiah Berlin explains the political thought and philosophy of several prominent thinkers of 19th Century Russia, while illuminating the historical context necessary for their ... Read full review
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User Review - Jane Doe - KirkusWhat should be done? To the question that hung over 19th-century Russia and dogs the world today, Isaiah Berlin would answer, stand firmly uncertain. Russian-born and Oxford-bred, Berlin has almost ... Read full review
Contents
Russia and 1848 | 1 |
The Hedgehog and the Fox | 22 |
Herzen and Bakunin on Individual Liberty | 82 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Russian thinkers Volume 1 of Isaiah Berlin: Selected writings Volume 1 of Selections, Isaiah Berlin (Sir.) Volume 1 of Documents of 20th-Century Art |
| Authors | Isaiah Berlin, Henry Hardy, Aileen Kelly |
| Editors | Henry Hardy, Aileen Kelly |
| Publisher | Viking Press, 1978 |
| Length | 312 pages |
| Subjects | › › 1801-1917 History / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union Intellectual life Intellectuals Philosophy / History & Surveys / Modern Russia Soviet Union |
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