{"product_id":"isaiah-berlin-9780745624778","title":"Isaiah Berlin","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIsaiah Berlin was one of the leading political thinkers of the twentieth century, and his work continues to attract admiration and debate. In \u003ci\u003eIsaiah Berlin: Liberty, Pluralism and Liberalism\u003c\/i\u003e, George Crowder provides both an accessible introduction to Berlin''s ideas and an original contribution to political theory. \u003cp\u003eBerlin''s range of interests and learning was vast but united by a single overarching project: the uncovering of the conceptual roots of twentieth-century totalitarianism. He traces these through three levels of analysis: the distortion of the concept of freedom by thinkers such as Rousseau, Fichte, Hegel and Marx; the scientism of the Enlightenment and irrationalism of the Counter-Enlightenment and romanticism; and moral monism, the idea that all ethical questions can be answered by reference to a single moral law. Against monism, Berlin asserts the claims of value pluralism, which he aligns with a politics of liberal moderation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this new assessment, Cro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"George Crowder offers a more richly theorized account of [Berlin's liberal political philosophy] than Berlin himself ever set out.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHistory of Political Thought\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Berlin is well served in this excellent book by his commentator, George Crowder. Crowder does a marvelous job of identifying the principle themes in Berlin's work, explaining Berlin's motivations, correcting prevalent misunderstandings, and responding on his subject's behalf to important criticisms. Even where Crowder identifies indictable silences on Berlin's part -- his saying little or nothing, for instance, about social justice and cultural pluralism -- he suggests what Berlin could, and should, have said about matters...In respect of Berlin's writings, we can now be much clearer about what is at stake, where we are in need of further good arguments, and what lines of thinking we might profitably pursue. Berlins' vision is clearer to us both in its strengths and in its weaknesses.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerspectives on Politics,\u003c\/i\u003e American Political Science Review -- December, 2005\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(reviewed by David Archard, Lancaster University)\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Crowder deftly expounds the links between liberty and pluralism in Berlin?s work, which he subjects to a sympathetic yet penetrating critique. In so doing, he offers an important interpretation of Berlin, and makes a substantive contribution of his own to our understanding of this topic.\" \u003cb\u003eProfessor Richard Bellamy, \u003ci\u003eAcademic Director ECPR, Department of Government, University of Essex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is an impressive book, which dominates the existing critical studies of Berlin.\" \u003ci\u003eDr. David Miller, Nuffield College, University of Oxford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eIsaiah Berlin: Liberty and Pluralism\u003c\/i\u003e is the most balanced, comprehensive, and insightful examination of Berlin?s thought yet written. Everyone interested in the history and future of liberal thought can profit from Crowder?s painstaking study.\" \u003cb\u003eWilliam A. Galoston, Saul I. Stern, \u003ci\u003eProfessor of Civic Engagement and Director, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Maryland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Hedgehog and Fox.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Three Strands.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Betrayal of Freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Two Concepts of Liberty.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Enlightenment and its Critics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Pluralism and Liberalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 After Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Berlin’s Achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767973806423,"sku":"9780745624778","price":21.53,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745624778.jpg?v=1758715747","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/isaiah-berlin-9780745624778","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}