Tag: Biography

Books

Isaiah Berlin: A Life

– Ignatieff, Michael. Isaiah Berlin: A Life. London: Chatto and Windus; New York: Metropolitan, 1998.  
From the Publisher: “Isaiah Berlin was witness to a century. Born in Riga in the twilight of the Czarist empire, he lived long enough to see the Soviet state collapse. The son of a… More

“The Don as Magus: Isaiah Berlin”

– Annan, Noel. ‘The Don as Magus: Isaiah Berlin,’ in Noel Annan. The Dons: Mentors, Eccentrics and Geniuses. London: HarperCollins, 1999.
From the Publisher: “For two hundred years Oxford and Cambridge Universities were home to some of Britain’s greatest teachers and intellects, each forming the minds of the… More

The Book of Isaiah by Henry Hardy

– Hardy, Henry (ed.). The Book of Isaiah: Personal Impressions of Isaiah Berlin. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press in association with Wolfson College, Oxford, 2009.
From the Publisher: “Isaiah Berlin was born a century ago. One of the most celebrated British thinkers of the twentieth century, he was a tireless champion of freedom and diversity… More

Encounters with Isaiah Berlin: Story of an Intellectual Friendship

– Walicki, Andrzej. Encounters with Isaiah Berlin: Story of an Intellectual Friendship. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2011.  
From the Publisher: “The volume contains Isaiah Berlin’s letters to his Polish friend, Andrzej Walicki, and Walicki’s detailed account of Berlin’s role in his life. Berlin… More

Isaiah Berlin: The Journey of a Jewish Liberal

– Dubnov, Arie M. Isaiah Berlin: The Journey of a Jewish Liberal. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.  
From the Publisher: “This study offers a fresh reappraisal of the philosopher, political thinker, and historian of ideas Sir Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997) from childhood to the height of… More

Isaac and Isaiah: The Covert Punishment of a Cold War Heretic

– Caute, David. Isaac and Isaiah: The Covert Punishment of a Cold War Heretic. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2013.
From the Publisher: “Rancorous and highly public disagreements between Isaiah Berlin and Isaac Deutscher escalated to the point of cruel betrayal in the mid-1960s, yet surprisingly… More

A Mind and Its Time: The Development of Isaiah Berlin’s Political Thought

– Cherniss, Joshua L. A Mind and Its Time: The Development of Isaiah Berlin’s Political Thought, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.  
From the Publisher: “A Mind and its Time offers the most detailed account to date of the genesis and development of Isaiah Berlin’s political thought, philosophical views, and… More

Essays

Isaiah Berlin: A Life

– Ignatieff, Michael. Isaiah Berlin: A Life. London: Chatto and Windus; New York: Metropolitan, 1998.  
From the Publisher: “Isaiah Berlin was witness to a century. Born in Riga in the twilight of the Czarist empire, he lived long enough to see the Soviet state collapse. The son of a… More

“The Don as Magus: Isaiah Berlin”

– Annan, Noel. ‘The Don as Magus: Isaiah Berlin,’ in Noel Annan. The Dons: Mentors, Eccentrics and Geniuses. London: HarperCollins, 1999.
From the Publisher: “For two hundred years Oxford and Cambridge Universities were home to some of Britain’s greatest teachers and intellects, each forming the minds of the… More

The Book of Isaiah by Henry Hardy

– Hardy, Henry (ed.). The Book of Isaiah: Personal Impressions of Isaiah Berlin. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press in association with Wolfson College, Oxford, 2009.
From the Publisher: “Isaiah Berlin was born a century ago. One of the most celebrated British thinkers of the twentieth century, he was a tireless champion of freedom and diversity… More

Encounters with Isaiah Berlin: Story of an Intellectual Friendship

– Walicki, Andrzej. Encounters with Isaiah Berlin: Story of an Intellectual Friendship. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2011.  
From the Publisher: “The volume contains Isaiah Berlin’s letters to his Polish friend, Andrzej Walicki, and Walicki’s detailed account of Berlin’s role in his life. Berlin… More

Isaiah Berlin: The Journey of a Jewish Liberal

– Dubnov, Arie M. Isaiah Berlin: The Journey of a Jewish Liberal. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.  
From the Publisher: “This study offers a fresh reappraisal of the philosopher, political thinker, and historian of ideas Sir Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997) from childhood to the height of… More

Isaac and Isaiah: The Covert Punishment of a Cold War Heretic

– Caute, David. Isaac and Isaiah: The Covert Punishment of a Cold War Heretic. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2013.
From the Publisher: “Rancorous and highly public disagreements between Isaiah Berlin and Isaac Deutscher escalated to the point of cruel betrayal in the mid-1960s, yet surprisingly… More

A Mind and Its Time: The Development of Isaiah Berlin’s Political Thought

– Cherniss, Joshua L. A Mind and Its Time: The Development of Isaiah Berlin’s Political Thought, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.  
From the Publisher: “A Mind and its Time offers the most detailed account to date of the genesis and development of Isaiah Berlin’s political thought, philosophical views, and… More

Commentary

Isaiah Berlin: A Life

– Ignatieff, Michael. Isaiah Berlin: A Life. London: Chatto and Windus; New York: Metropolitan, 1998.  
From the Publisher: “Isaiah Berlin was witness to a century. Born in Riga in the twilight of the Czarist empire, he lived long enough to see the Soviet state collapse. The son of a… More

“The Don as Magus: Isaiah Berlin”

– Annan, Noel. ‘The Don as Magus: Isaiah Berlin,’ in Noel Annan. The Dons: Mentors, Eccentrics and Geniuses. London: HarperCollins, 1999.
From the Publisher: “For two hundred years Oxford and Cambridge Universities were home to some of Britain’s greatest teachers and intellects, each forming the minds of the… More

The Book of Isaiah by Henry Hardy

– Hardy, Henry (ed.). The Book of Isaiah: Personal Impressions of Isaiah Berlin. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press in association with Wolfson College, Oxford, 2009.
From the Publisher: “Isaiah Berlin was born a century ago. One of the most celebrated British thinkers of the twentieth century, he was a tireless champion of freedom and diversity… More

Encounters with Isaiah Berlin: Story of an Intellectual Friendship

– Walicki, Andrzej. Encounters with Isaiah Berlin: Story of an Intellectual Friendship. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2011.  
From the Publisher: “The volume contains Isaiah Berlin’s letters to his Polish friend, Andrzej Walicki, and Walicki’s detailed account of Berlin’s role in his life. Berlin… More

Isaiah Berlin: The Journey of a Jewish Liberal

– Dubnov, Arie M. Isaiah Berlin: The Journey of a Jewish Liberal. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.  
From the Publisher: “This study offers a fresh reappraisal of the philosopher, political thinker, and historian of ideas Sir Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997) from childhood to the height of… More

Isaac and Isaiah: The Covert Punishment of a Cold War Heretic

– Caute, David. Isaac and Isaiah: The Covert Punishment of a Cold War Heretic. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2013.
From the Publisher: “Rancorous and highly public disagreements between Isaiah Berlin and Isaac Deutscher escalated to the point of cruel betrayal in the mid-1960s, yet surprisingly… More

A Mind and Its Time: The Development of Isaiah Berlin’s Political Thought

– Cherniss, Joshua L. A Mind and Its Time: The Development of Isaiah Berlin’s Political Thought, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.  
From the Publisher: “A Mind and its Time offers the most detailed account to date of the genesis and development of Isaiah Berlin’s political thought, philosophical views, and… More

Multimedia

Isaiah Berlin: A Life

– Ignatieff, Michael. Isaiah Berlin: A Life. London: Chatto and Windus; New York: Metropolitan, 1998.  
From the Publisher: “Isaiah Berlin was witness to a century. Born in Riga in the twilight of the Czarist empire, he lived long enough to see the Soviet state collapse. The son of a… More

“The Don as Magus: Isaiah Berlin”

– Annan, Noel. ‘The Don as Magus: Isaiah Berlin,’ in Noel Annan. The Dons: Mentors, Eccentrics and Geniuses. London: HarperCollins, 1999.
From the Publisher: “For two hundred years Oxford and Cambridge Universities were home to some of Britain’s greatest teachers and intellects, each forming the minds of the… More

The Book of Isaiah by Henry Hardy

– Hardy, Henry (ed.). The Book of Isaiah: Personal Impressions of Isaiah Berlin. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press in association with Wolfson College, Oxford, 2009.
From the Publisher: “Isaiah Berlin was born a century ago. One of the most celebrated British thinkers of the twentieth century, he was a tireless champion of freedom and diversity… More

Encounters with Isaiah Berlin: Story of an Intellectual Friendship

– Walicki, Andrzej. Encounters with Isaiah Berlin: Story of an Intellectual Friendship. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2011.  
From the Publisher: “The volume contains Isaiah Berlin’s letters to his Polish friend, Andrzej Walicki, and Walicki’s detailed account of Berlin’s role in his life. Berlin… More

Isaiah Berlin: The Journey of a Jewish Liberal

– Dubnov, Arie M. Isaiah Berlin: The Journey of a Jewish Liberal. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.  
From the Publisher: “This study offers a fresh reappraisal of the philosopher, political thinker, and historian of ideas Sir Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997) from childhood to the height of… More

Isaac and Isaiah: The Covert Punishment of a Cold War Heretic

– Caute, David. Isaac and Isaiah: The Covert Punishment of a Cold War Heretic. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2013.
From the Publisher: “Rancorous and highly public disagreements between Isaiah Berlin and Isaac Deutscher escalated to the point of cruel betrayal in the mid-1960s, yet surprisingly… More

A Mind and Its Time: The Development of Isaiah Berlin’s Political Thought

– Cherniss, Joshua L. A Mind and Its Time: The Development of Isaiah Berlin’s Political Thought, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.  
From the Publisher: “A Mind and its Time offers the most detailed account to date of the genesis and development of Isaiah Berlin’s political thought, philosophical views, and… More

Teaching

Isaiah Berlin: A Life

– Ignatieff, Michael. Isaiah Berlin: A Life. London: Chatto and Windus; New York: Metropolitan, 1998.  
From the Publisher: “Isaiah Berlin was witness to a century. Born in Riga in the twilight of the Czarist empire, he lived long enough to see the Soviet state collapse. The son of a… More

“The Don as Magus: Isaiah Berlin”

– Annan, Noel. ‘The Don as Magus: Isaiah Berlin,’ in Noel Annan. The Dons: Mentors, Eccentrics and Geniuses. London: HarperCollins, 1999.
From the Publisher: “For two hundred years Oxford and Cambridge Universities were home to some of Britain’s greatest teachers and intellects, each forming the minds of the… More

The Book of Isaiah by Henry Hardy

– Hardy, Henry (ed.). The Book of Isaiah: Personal Impressions of Isaiah Berlin. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press in association with Wolfson College, Oxford, 2009.
From the Publisher: “Isaiah Berlin was born a century ago. One of the most celebrated British thinkers of the twentieth century, he was a tireless champion of freedom and diversity… More

Encounters with Isaiah Berlin: Story of an Intellectual Friendship

– Walicki, Andrzej. Encounters with Isaiah Berlin: Story of an Intellectual Friendship. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2011.  
From the Publisher: “The volume contains Isaiah Berlin’s letters to his Polish friend, Andrzej Walicki, and Walicki’s detailed account of Berlin’s role in his life. Berlin… More

Isaiah Berlin: The Journey of a Jewish Liberal

– Dubnov, Arie M. Isaiah Berlin: The Journey of a Jewish Liberal. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.  
From the Publisher: “This study offers a fresh reappraisal of the philosopher, political thinker, and historian of ideas Sir Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997) from childhood to the height of… More

Isaac and Isaiah: The Covert Punishment of a Cold War Heretic

– Caute, David. Isaac and Isaiah: The Covert Punishment of a Cold War Heretic. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2013.
From the Publisher: “Rancorous and highly public disagreements between Isaiah Berlin and Isaac Deutscher escalated to the point of cruel betrayal in the mid-1960s, yet surprisingly… More

A Mind and Its Time: The Development of Isaiah Berlin’s Political Thought

– Cherniss, Joshua L. A Mind and Its Time: The Development of Isaiah Berlin’s Political Thought, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.  
From the Publisher: “A Mind and its Time offers the most detailed account to date of the genesis and development of Isaiah Berlin’s political thought, philosophical views, and… More