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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Page 168
... Soviet literature . The questions put both writers in an impossible position ; a single word out of place would be pounced on by the party hacks in the room . Zoshchenko replied that there was room for satire - a foolhardy , if ...
... Soviet literature . The questions put both writers in an impossible position ; a single word out of place would be pounced on by the party hacks in the room . Zoshchenko replied that there was room for satire - a foolhardy , if ...
Page 219
... Soviet historians were full of hearty bonhomie , but it all seemed like a performance , carefully orchestrated by their party bosses . His own analysis of Soviet politics , ' Generalissimo Stalin and the Art of Government ' , had ...
... Soviet historians were full of hearty bonhomie , but it all seemed like a performance , carefully orchestrated by their party bosses . His own analysis of Soviet politics , ' Generalissimo Stalin and the Art of Government ' , had ...
Page 231
... Soviet Union , but he had no inkling that Blunt himself had been a Soviet agent and that Blunt's petition was breathtaking in its bad faith . Yet Berlin's loathing of the regime behind the Iron Curtain never wavered and , over the next ...
... Soviet Union , but he had no inkling that Blunt himself had been a Soviet agent and that Blunt's petition was breathtaking in its bad faith . Yet Berlin's loathing of the regime behind the Iron Curtain never wavered and , over the next ...
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