Isaiah Berlin was one of the great thinkers and most electrifying
speakers of his time. A magnetic public intellectual and beacon of
liberal philosophy, he gained astonishing first-hand experience of
some of the pivotal events of the twentieth century. Berlin refused
to write an autobiography, but he did agree to talk about himself:
in the last decade of his life, he allowed acclaimed writer Michael
Ignatieff to interview him about his past, his ideas, his intimate
memories and innermost conflicts. The result is a magisterial
biography that penetrates deeply into Berlin's life and thought
while capturing his captivating, vivid style of conversation. We
learn of Berlin's Russian childhood during the Bolshevik
Revolution, his happiness as a scholar at Oxford and later work in
Washington D.C. during the Second World War; and we hear
unforgettable anecdotes of encounters with Virginia Woolf, Sigmund
Freud, Winston Churchill and Boris Pasternak. Reissued in a revised
and updated edition, Isaiah Berlin charts one man's journey to
becoming one of his century's most vigorous defenders of liberty
and individuality in the face of tyranny and dogma.
General
| Imprint: |
Pushkin Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
May 2023 |
| Authors: |
Michael Ignatieff
|
| Dimensions: |
198 x 129mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
448 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-78227-904-4 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-78227-904-0 |
| Barcode: |
9781782279044 |
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