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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... Romantic Age ' at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania . Here , for the first time , he began to assemble his historical vision of the transition between Enlightenment and Romantic ideals of freedom . The Enlightenment philosophes , he ...
... Romantic Age ' at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania . Here , for the first time , he began to assemble his historical vision of the transition between Enlightenment and Romantic ideals of freedom . The Enlightenment philosophes , he ...
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... Romantics introduced the idea that cultural variety was in itself a good thing . Sincerity , authenticity , toleration and variety – these new values formed the presuppositions of modern liberal individualism . Moreover , the Romantic ...
... Romantics introduced the idea that cultural variety was in itself a good thing . Sincerity , authenticity , toleration and variety – these new values formed the presuppositions of modern liberal individualism . Moreover , the Romantic ...
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... romantic ideal at its fullest . The old pre - suppositions have vanished overnight . What is the common ideal of life ? The very notion has lost relevance.8 The Romantics bequeathed the tyranny of identity politics : the obsessional ...
... romantic ideal at its fullest . The old pre - suppositions have vanished overnight . What is the common ideal of life ? The very notion has lost relevance.8 The Romantics bequeathed the tyranny of identity politics : the obsessional ...
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