Conversations with Isaiah Berlin - Hardcover

Berlin, Isaiah; Jahanbegloo, Ramin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0684193949 ISBN 13: 9780684193946

Publisher: Prentice Hall & IBD, 1992

Synopsis

The philosopher, intellectual historian, and proponent of liberal thinking recounts his life, interspersing personal reminiscences with a discussion of the great thinkers who influenced and intrigued him--from Machiavelli to Pasternak.

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About the Author:

RAMIN JAHANBEGLOO Born 1956, Iran. Currently lectures in Political Philosophy and Comparative Politics at the University of Toronto. ISAIAH BERLIN Born 1909, Lithuania. In 1916 he moved with his family to Petrograd. In 1921 his family moved to England. Educated at St Paul¿s School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Thereafter he remained at Oxford, where he held Fellowships at All Souls College and New College, and became Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory (1957¿67) and first President of Wolfson College (1966¿75). He was President of the British Academy from 1974 to 1978. He died in Oxford in November 1997. During the Second World War he was sent by the FO to New York (1941); Washington (1942 ¿ 1946), Moscow (1945¿6. He received many honorary degrees as well as the Erasmus , Lippincott, Jerusalem and Agnelli Prizes.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall & IBD
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0684193949
• ISBN 13: 9780684193946
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1