Russian Thinkers

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Few, if any, English-language critics have written as perceptively as Isaiah Berlin about Russian thought and culture. Russian Thinkers is his unique meditation on the impact that Russia’s outstanding writers and philosophers had on its culture. In addition to Tolstoy’s philosophy of history, which he addresses in his most famous essay, ‘The Hedgehog and the Fox,’ Berlin considers the social and political circumstances that produced such men as Herzen, Bakunin, Turgenev, Belinsky, and others of the Russian intelligentsia, who made up, as Berlin describes, ‘the largest single Russian contribution to social change in the world.’

Additional information

Weight 0.326 kg
Dimensions 2.6 × 13 × 19.8 cm
PubliCanadation City/Country

USA

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Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

448

Publisher

Year Published

2008-1-31

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

0141442204

About The Author

The work of Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997) covered a wide variety of subjects, mostly appearing in periodicals and symposia. Apart from Russian Thinkers, Isaiah Berlin's other contributions to Russian studies include his translation of Ivan Turgenev's First Love (available from Penguin) and his Introduction to Alexander Herzen's memoirs, My Past and Thoughts. Sir Isaiah was awarded the Jerusalem Prize in 1979 for the expression in his writings of the idea of the freedom of the individual in society.

The enduring vitality of Berlin's characterisation of Russian thought is demonstrated by the publication […] of a new edition of Russian Thinkers, painstakingly revised and augmented by Henry Hardy … a series of sparkling and sympathetic essays

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