Enlightening by Isaiah Berlin
Isaiah Berlin's letters combine ironic social comedy and a passionate concern for individual freedom. This title takes up the story when, after war service in the United States, he returns to life as an Oxford don. It presents letters that chart years of academic frustration and self-doubt.
Sir Isaiah Berlin, O.M., was born in Riga, Latvia, in 1909. He came to England in 1919 and was educated at St Paul's School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. At Oxford, he was a a Fellow of All Souls College (1932-8, 1950-67), a Fellow of New College (1938-50), Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory (1957-67), first President of Wolfson College (1966-75), and President of the British Academy from 1974 to 1978. His achievements as a historian and expositor of ideas earned him the Erasmus, Lippincott, and Agnelli Prizes, and his lifelong defence of civil liberties earned him the Jerusalem Prize. He died in 1997. Henry Hardy, a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford, is one of Isaiah Berlin's Literary Trustees, He has edited several other books by Berlin.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780701178895 |
| ISBN 10 | 0701178892 |
| Title | Enlightening |
| Author | Isaiah Berlin |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2009-06-04 |
| Number of pages | 880 |
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