In this thought-provoking book, an internationally acclaimed scholar writes about the passion for ideology among nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russian intellectuals and ...

Essays discuss realism in history, political judgment, the impact of Marxism, and the origins of nationalism.

"The essays collected in this new volume show Isaiah Berlin on his most lucid and accessible form. These shorter, more introductory pieces provide the perfect starting-point ...

Presents a new interpretation of the contradictions in Bakunin's p;olitical philosophy and of their general significance. It places Bakunin more clearly in the millenerian ...

"Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made".--Immanuel Kant. Philosopher Isaiah Berlin explores the complex, radical changes that have swept ...