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Russian thinkers

Russian thinkers

Isaiah Berlin, Henry Hardy, Aileen Kelly - History - 1978 - 312 pages
The theme that links these essays--written over thirty years--is the phenomenon of the Russian intelligentsia, which Isaiah Berlin describes as 'the largest single Russian ...
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The crooked timber of humanity: chapters in the history of ideas

The crooked timber of humanity: chapters in the history of ideas

Isaiah Berlin - Philosophy - 1991 - 277 pages
Essays explore ideas that transform societies, including social and political questions such as nationalism, European unity, fascism, relativism, and cultural history
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Four essays on liberty

Four essays on liberty

Isaiah Berlin - Political Science - 1969 - 213 pages
"Political Ideas in the Twentieth Century", Historical Inevitability", "Two Concepts of Liberty", "John Stuart Mill and the Ends of Life". These four essays deal with the ...
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The Magus of the North: J.G. Hamann and the Origins of Modern Irrationalism
Vico and Herder: two studies in the history of ideas
The age of enlightenment: the eighteenth century philosophers, selected
Nations and nationalism

Nations and nationalism

Ernest Gellner - Political Science - 1983 - 150 pages
This thoughtful and penetrating book, addressed to political scientists, sociologists, historians, and anthropologists, interprets nationalism in terms of its social roots ...
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Essays in the history of ideas
The Discourses

The Discourses

Niccolò Machiavelli - Education - 1970 - 543 pages
The Florentine political philosopher's commentaries on Livy's history of Rome are accompanied by critical and textual notes
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Political Ideas in the Romantic Age: Their Rise and Influence on Modern Thought

Political Ideas in the Romantic Age: Their Rise and Influence on Modern Thought

Isaiah Berlin - Philosophy - 2006 - 292 pages
Presents an account of the renowned essayist, Isaiah Berlin's key insights about the history of ideas in the period that he made his own - the Romantic age. Distilling his ...
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