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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... Israel and from Zionism . Over the next three years , as the state of Israel took shape , Ben Gurion himself , and senior officials like Abba Ebban , Teddy Kollek and Walter Eytan ( Isaiah's contemporary at St Paul's , now a senior ...
... Israel and from Zionism . Over the next three years , as the state of Israel took shape , Ben Gurion himself , and senior officials like Abba Ebban , Teddy Kollek and Walter Eytan ( Isaiah's contemporary at St Paul's , now a senior ...
Page 182
... Israeli leadership he then was . In a lecture on Israel to the Anglo - Israel Association in 1953 , Berlin praised the country because it allowed Jews to escape their stereotypes and escape their history . They no longer had to be ...
... Israeli leadership he then was . In a lecture on Israel to the Anglo - Israel Association in 1953 , Berlin praised the country because it allowed Jews to escape their stereotypes and escape their history . They no longer had to be ...
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... Israel to cede significant parts of the occupied territories to a Palestinian authority . This steady conviction set him against the Begin and Shamir governments . Quietly , in interviews and letters to Israeli friends , he aligned ...
... Israel to cede significant parts of the occupied territories to a Palestinian authority . This steady conviction set him against the Begin and Shamir governments . Quietly , in interviews and letters to Israeli friends , he aligned ...
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