Items related to Against the Current: Essays in the History of Ideas...
In this outstanding collection of essays, Isaiah Berlin, one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century, discusses the importance of dissenters in the history of ideas--among them Machiavelli, Vico, Montesquieu, Herzen, and Sorel. With his unusual powers of imaginative re-creation, Berlin brings to life original minds that swam against the current of their times--and still challenge conventional wisdom.
In a new foreword to this corrected edition, which also includes a new appendix of letters in which Berlin discusses and further illuminates some of its topics, noted essayist Mark Lilla argues that Berlin's decision to give up a philosophy fellowship and become a historian of ideas represented not an abandonment of philosophy but a decision to do philosophy by other, perhaps better, means. "His instinct told him," Lilla writes, "that you learn more about an idea as an idea when you know something about its genesis and understand why certain people found it compelling and were spurred to action by it." This collection of fascinating intellectual portraits is a rich demonstration of that belief.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
From the Back Cover:
About the Author:
"A Jewish refugee from Bolshevik Russia who found a home in the British establishment, Isaiah Berlin was always drawn to the traffic between insiders and outsiders, between fugitive experiences and dominant norms. We see this attraction in these classic essays: not only in his article on nationalism, which he saw as the work of non-nationals, but also in his continuous effort to introduce strange figures into the canon and to make canonical figures strange. Paddling against the current, Berlin made us feel the full extent and depth of its force."--Corey Robin, City University of New York
"An excellent new edition. Mark Lilla's bracing foreword elegantly reminds philosophers why they need to read Berlin, and the judiciously chosen letters from Berlin's personal correspondence illuminate the thinking behind some of his most celebrated essays."--Jan-Werner Mueller, Princeton University
Isaiah Berlin was a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. He was renowned as an essayist and as the author of many books, among them Karl Marx, Four Essays on Liberty, Russian Thinkers, The Sense of Reality, The Proper Study of Mankind, and, from Princeton, Concepts and Categories, Personal Impressions, The Crooked Timber of Humanity, The Hedgehog and the Fox, The Roots of Romanticism, The Power of Ideas, and Three Critics of the Enlightenment. Henry Hardy, a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford, is one of Isaiah Berlin's literary trustees. He has edited several other volumes by Berlin and is currently preparing Berlin's letters and remaining unpublished writings for publication.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherPrinceton University Press
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 0691156107
- ISBN 13 9780691156101
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number2
- Number of pages584
- EditorHardy Henry
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
US$ 19.48
Shipping:
FREE
Within U.S.A.
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
Against the Current: Essays in the History of Ideas - Second Edition
Published by
Princeton University Press
(2013)
ISBN 10: 0691156107
ISBN 13: 9780691156101
New
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Softcover. Condition: New. In this outstanding collection of essays, Isaiah Berlin, one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century, discusses the importance of dissenters in the history of ideas--among them Machiavelli, Vico, Montesquieu, Herzen, and Sorel. With his unusual powers of imaginative re-creation, Berlin brings to life original minds that swam against the current of their times--and still challenge conventional wisdom.In a new foreword to this corrected edition, which also includes a new appendix of letters in which Berlin discusses and further illuminates some of its topics, noted essayist Mark Lilla argues that Berlin's decision to give up a philosophy fellowship and become a historian of ideas represented not an abandonment of philosophy but a decision to do philosophy by other, perhaps better, means. "His instinct told him," Lilla writes, "that you learn more about an idea as an idea when you know something about its genesis and understand why certain people found it compelling and were spurred to action by it." This collection of fascinating intellectual portraits is a rich demonstration of that belief. Seller Inventory # DADAX0691156107
Buy New
US$ 19.48
Convert currency
Seller Image
Against the Current : Essays in the History of Ideas
Published by
Princeton University Press
(2013)
ISBN 10: 0691156107
ISBN 13: 9780691156101
New
Softcover
Quantity: 5
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 19057324-n
Buy New
US$ 17.09
Convert currency
Seller Image
Against the Current: Essays in the History of Ideas, Second Edition (Paperback or Softback)
Published by
Princeton University Press 6/2/2013
(2013)
ISBN 10: 0691156107
ISBN 13: 9780691156101
New
Paperback or Softback
Quantity: 5
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Against the Current: Essays in the History of Ideas, Second Edition 1.18. Book. Seller Inventory # BBS-9780691156101
Buy New
US$ 19.74
Convert currency
Stock Image
Against the Current: Essays in the History of Ideas - Second Edition
Published by
Princeton University Press
(2013)
ISBN 10: 0691156107
ISBN 13: 9780691156101
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Brand New! Not Overstocks or Low Quality Book Club Editions! Direct From the Publisher! We're not a giant, faceless warehouse organization! We're a small town bookstore that loves books and loves it's customers! Buy from Lakeside Books!. Seller Inventory # OTF-S-9780691156101
Buy New
US$ 16.41
Convert currency
Seller Image
Against the Current: Essays in the History of Ideas - Second Edition by Berlin, Isaiah [Paperback ]
Published by
Princeton University Press
(2013)
ISBN 10: 0691156107
ISBN 13: 9780691156101
New
Soft Cover
Quantity: 10
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 9780691156101
Buy New
US$ 20.95
Convert currency
Stock Image
Against the Current: Essays in the History of Ideas - Second Edition
Published by
Princeton University Press
(2013)
ISBN 10: 0691156107
ISBN 13: 9780691156101
New
Softcover
Quantity: 19
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # ABLIING23Feb2416190102065
Buy New
US$ 19.61
Convert currency
Stock Image
Against the Current: Essays in the History of Ideas - Second Edition
Published by
Princeton University Press
(2013)
ISBN 10: 0691156107
ISBN 13: 9780691156101
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # I-9780691156101
Buy New
US$ 24.00
Convert currency
Stock Image
Against the Current: Essays in the History of Ideas - Second Edition
Published by
Princeton University Press
(2013)
ISBN 10: 0691156107
ISBN 13: 9780691156101
New
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition 1.2. Seller Inventory # bk0691156107xvz189zvxnew
Buy New
US$ 24.95
Convert currency
Seller Image
Against the Current (Paperback)
Published by
Princeton University Press, New Jersey
(2013)
ISBN 10: 0691156107
ISBN 13: 9780691156101
New
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In this outstanding collection of essays, Isaiah Berlin, one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century, discusses the importance of dissenters in the history of ideas--among them Machiavelli, Vico, Montesquieu, Herzen, and Sorel. With his unusual powers of imaginative re-creation, Berlin brings to life original minds that swam against the current of their times--and still challenge conventional wisdom. In a new foreword to this corrected edition, which also includes a new appendix of letters in which Berlin discusses and further illuminates some of its topics, noted essayist Mark Lilla argues that Berlin's decision to give up a philosophy fellowship and become a historian of ideas represented not an abandonment of philosophy but a decision to do philosophy by other, perhaps better, means. "His instinct told him," Lilla writes, "that you learn more about an idea as an idea when you know something about its genesis and understand why certain people found it compelling and were spurred to action by it." This collection of fascinating intellectual portraits is a rich demonstration of that belief. In this outstanding collection of essays, Isaiah Berlin, one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century, discusses the importance of dissenters in the history of ideas--among them Machiavelli, Vico, Montesquieu, Herzen, and Sorel. With his unusual powers of imaginative re-creation, Berlin brings to life original minds that swam against the current of their times--and still challenge conventional wisdom. In a new foreword to this corrected edition, which also includes a new appendix of letters in which Berlin discusses and further illuminates some of its topics, noted essayist Mark Lilla argues that Berlin's decision to give up a philosophy fellowship and become a historian of ideas represented not an abandonment of philosophy but a decision to do philosophy by other, perhaps better, means. "His instinct told him," Lilla writes, "that you learn more about an idea as an idea when you know something about its genesis and understand why certain people found it compelling and were spurred to action by it." This collection of fascinating intellectual portraits is a rich demonstration of that belief. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780691156101
Buy New
US$ 26.99
Convert currency
Stock Image
Against the Current: Essays in the History of Ideas - Second Edition
Published by
Princeton University Press
(2013)
ISBN 10: 0691156107
ISBN 13: 9780691156101
New
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Buy for Great customer experience. Seller Inventory # GoldenDragon0691156107
Buy New
US$ 24.35
Convert currency