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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... social sciences and , while he was a dutiful student , he found them tedious . Capitalism was never to figure among his objects of study or interest . This disdain for the social sciences , coupled with an active suspicion about their ...
... social sciences and , while he was a dutiful student , he found them tedious . Capitalism was never to figure among his objects of study or interest . This disdain for the social sciences , coupled with an active suspicion about their ...
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... social equality . But he challenged the whole post - war social democratic tradition by pointing out that the values at the heart of it - equality , liberty and justice - contradicted each other . For example , it might be necessary to ...
... social equality . But he challenged the whole post - war social democratic tradition by pointing out that the values at the heart of it - equality , liberty and justice - contradicted each other . For example , it might be necessary to ...
Page 229
... social justice was compatible with negative liberty , indeed how much justice was required . The polemic against positive freedom carried Berlin away from these questions and left his commitments to social justice unspecified . He might ...
... social justice was compatible with negative liberty , indeed how much justice was required . The polemic against positive freedom carried Berlin away from these questions and left his commitments to social justice unspecified . He might ...
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