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Isaiah Berlin

The Journey of a Jewish Liberal

Palgrave Macmillan

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Introduction: Explaining the Liberal Predicament

  3. The Importance of Being Witty

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
    2. A Young Boy from Riga

      • Arie M. Dubnov
      Pages 17-34
    3. Becoming a Russian-Jew

      • Arie M. Dubnov
      Pages 35-52
    4. The Realist Appeal

      • Arie M. Dubnov
      Pages 53-76
  4. The Pink Liberal

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
    2. Mr. Jericho’s Piercing Eyes

      • Arie M. Dubnov
      Pages 79-101
    3. “I Never Don’t Moralize”

      • Arie M. Dubnov
      Pages 103-126
    4. Karl Marx

      • Arie M. Dubnov
      Pages 127-142
  5. The Anticosmopolitan Pluralist

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143
    2. Collisions

      • Arie M. Dubnov
      Pages 145-164
    3. On Moses and Joshua

      • Arie M. Dubnov
      Pages 165-183
    4. Shifting Horizons

      • Arie M. Dubnov
      Pages 185-200
  6. Conclusion: “This mighty conflict between the fantasy of Home and the fantasy of Away”

    1. Conclusion

      • Arie M. Dubnov
      Pages 201-218
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 219-316

About this book

This study offers an intellectual biography of the philosopher, political thinker, and historian of ideas Sir Isaiah Berlin. It aims to provide the first historically contextualized monographic study of Berlin's formative years and identify different stages in his intellectual development, allowing a reappraisal of his theory of liberalism.

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'Dubnov's book deserves to be read...Helps us to recall the extraordinary relevance of a great thinker of liberal pluralism.' - Il Sole 24 Ore

About the author

ARIE DUBNOV Lecturer in the History Department at Stanford, USA.

Bibliographic Information

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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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Hardcover Book USD 99.99
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