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      The Power Of Ideas

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      These essays focus on the social and political role - past, present and future - of ideas and of their progenitors. Contents include "My Intellectual Path", an autobiographical survey of Berlin's main preoccupations, and "Jewish Slavery and Emancipation", the classic statement...

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      Product ID:9780712665544
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:The Power Of Ideas
      Authors:Author: Isaiah Berlin
      Page Count:256
      Subjects:Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy, History of ideas, Social groups: religious groups and communities, History of ideas, Jewish studies
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      These essays focus on the social and political role - past, present and future - of ideas and of their progenitors. Contents include "My Intellectual Path", an autobiographical survey of Berlin's main preoccupations, and "Jewish Slavery and Emancipation", the classic statement of his Zionist views.

      ''Over a hundred years ago, the German poet Heine warned the French not to underestimate the power of ideas: philosophical concepts nurtured in the stillness of a professor''s study could destroy a civilisation'' - Isaiah Berlin, Two Concepts of Liberty, 1958.

      The nineteen essays collected here show Isaiah Berlin at his most lucid: these short, introductory pieces provide the perfect starting point for the reader new to his work. Their linking theme is the crucial social and political role of ideas, and of their progenitors. The subjects vary widely - from philosophy to education, from Russia to Israel, from Marxism to romanticism - and the appositeness of Heine''s warning is exemplified on a broad front.

      The contents include Berlin''s last essay - a retrospective autobiographical survey and the classic statement of his Zionist views. As a whole the book exhibits the full range of his expertise, and demonstrates the enormously engaging individuality, as well as the power, of his own ideas.


      Imprint Name:Pimlico
      Publisher Name:Vintage
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2001-04-19

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      Weight326 g
      Dimensions234 × 155 × 22 mm