Isaiah Berlin: A LifeIsaiah Berlin refused to write an autobiography, but he agreed to talk about himself - and so for 10 years, before's Berlin's death in November 1997, he allowed Michael Ignatieff to interview him about his past, his ideas, his most intimate memories, and his inner conflicts. |
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... political environment . As Berlin reported in a letter in September 1931 , ' Politics has become so interesting that even I have begun to follow them with some avidity . " 2 Suddenly , communism was fashionable and the Soviet Union a ...
... political environment . As Berlin reported in a letter in September 1931 , ' Politics has become so interesting that even I have begun to follow them with some avidity . " 2 Suddenly , communism was fashionable and the Soviet Union a ...
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... political views.56 Ironically , he took the same view of Maclean's associate , Burgess : that sheer appetite for life redeemed his sordid love - life and peculiar political opinions . The Douglas Fairbanks duel with Donald Maclean was ...
... political views.56 Ironically , he took the same view of Maclean's associate , Burgess : that sheer appetite for life redeemed his sordid love - life and peculiar political opinions . The Douglas Fairbanks duel with Donald Maclean was ...
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... political theory . With J.L. Austin's death in 1960 , Oxford analytical philosophy lost its driving force , while political philosophy and the history of political theory embarked upon a renaissance . Berlin presided over an ecumenical ...
... political theory . With J.L. Austin's death in 1960 , Oxford analytical philosophy lost its driving force , while political philosophy and the history of political theory embarked upon a renaissance . Berlin presided over an ecumenical ...
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