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| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| ISBN 13 | 9781350121430 |
| ISBN 10 | 1350121436 |
| Book Description | 'I gradually came to the conclusion that I should prefer a field in which one could hope to know more at the end of ones life than when one had begun. So thought Isaiah Berlin toward the end of the Second World War, when he decided to bid farewell to philosophy in favour of the history of ideas. In The Philosophy of Isaiah Berlin Johnny Lyons shows that Berlins approach to intellectual history amounted to the pursuit of philosophy by other means, creating a more original and fruitful engagement with his lifelong subject. By recasting Berlin as a philosopher who took humanity and history seriously, Lyons reveals the underlying unity of his wide-ranging and disparate ideas and throws into sharp relief the enduring moral charm of his outlook. Lyons emphasises aspects of Berlin's thinking that have largely been neglected. These include his recognition of historical contingency and of the importance of truth in human affairs, his scepticism about the so-called implications of determinism for our everyday understanding of freedom, and his deeper reasons for thinking that negative liberty should be valued. This introduction to Berlin's thought, and particularly its examination of these mainly overlooked elements of his outlook, reveals a new Berlin, one with surprising and urgent contemporary relevance to the debates that continue to dominate philosophy, politics and intellectual history today. |
| Editorial Review | There is no doubt that this is a valuable and original contribution to the literature on global justice and resistance to injustice. It is impressive not only in its philosophical sophistication but also in respect to the large historical and empirical literature on which it draws.' Jon Mandle, State University of New York, Albany |
| About the Author | Johnny Lyons is a former lecturer in Political Science, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and an expert in the thought of Isaiah Berlin, , , Henry Hardy is Honorary Fellow, Wolfson College, University of Oxford, UK. He is the editor of the writings of Isaiah Berlin, has edited or co-edited 18 of his books, as well as a four-volume edition of his letters. He is the author of In Search of Isaiah Berlin (I.B.Tauris, 2018), |
| Language | English |
| Author | Johnny Lyons |
| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 43853 |
| Number of Pages | 304 |
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