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The One And the Many George Crowder

The One And the Many By George Crowder

The One And the Many by George Crowder


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Isaiah Berlin is widely acknowledged as a major figure in twentieth-century political philosophy and the history of ideas. This book examines Berlin's work across its whole range, including his treatment of Marx, Russian thinkers, Jewish themes, liberty, pluralism, the Enlightenment and Counter-Enlightenment, nationalism, history, and religion.

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The One And the Many: Reading Isaiah Berlin by George Crowder

Isaiah Berlin is widely acknowledged as a major figure in twentieth-century political philosophy and the history of ideas. His famous Oxford inaugural lecture, Two Concepts of Liberty, especially the last, crucial, section, entitled The One and the Many, has provoked a vast secondary literature. So it is surprising that until now there has been no substantial critical reader dedicated to his work. Editors George Crowder and Henry Hardy have admirably filled this need with this stimulating new volume, which provides a systematic and comprehensive treatment of the main aspects of Berlin's work. The essays (all but two of which are newly commissioned) critically examine Berlin's work across its whole range, including his treatment of Marx, Russian thinkers, Jewish themes, liberty, pluralism, the Enlightenment and Counter-Enlightenment, nationalism, history, and religion. The contributors are: Jonathan Allen (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign); Shlomo Avineri (Hebrew University, Jerusalem); Terrell Carver (University of Bristol); Joshua L. Cherniss (Harvard and Oxford Universities); George Crowder (Flinders University); William A. Galston (University of Maryland); Graeme Garrard (Cardiff University); Ryan Hanley (Marquette University); Henry Hardy (Oxford University); Michael Jinkins (Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary); David Miller (Oxford University); Mario Ricciardi (University of Milan); and Andrzej Walicki (University of Notre Dame). Complete with a valuable bibliography, this outstanding collection of recent scholarship on a seminal thinker shows the continuing relevance and importance of Berlin's many contributions to the understanding of our contemporary predicament.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The One and the Many; Berlin's Karl Marx; Berlin and the Russian Intelligentsia; A Jew and a Gentleman; Berlin's Early Political Thought; Berlin on Liberty; Strange Reversals: Berlin on the Enlightenment and the Counter-Enlightenment; Berlin and History; Crooked Timber or Bent Twig? Berlin's Nationalism; Value Pluralism and Liberalism: Berlin and Beyond; A Liberal-Pluralist Case for Truth Commissions: Lessons from Isaiah Berlin; Must Value, Pluralism and Religious Belief Collide?; Pluralism and Religious Faith; Taking Pluralism Seriously.

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GOR006945748
9781591024484
159102448X
The One And the Many: Reading Isaiah Berlin by George Crowder
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Prometheus Books
20070401
327
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