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Affirming: Letters 1975-1997
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- ISBN
- 9781784740085
- Book Title
- Affirming : Letters 1975-1997
- Item Length
- 9.4in
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.6in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History, Literary Collections
- Topic
- Philosophers, Letters, Social History, Essays
- Item Width
- 6.3in
- Item Weight
- 35.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 608 Pages
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The fourth and final volume of Isaiah Berlin's much admired letters. In this final volume, Isaiah Berlin enters a profoundly interesting last phase in his life. He is as prolific a correspondent as ever, but the publication of new essay collections produces a striking change in tone, as readers seek clarification of his ideas. Many of these letters throw substantive new light on his thought, and deal with issues of overriding importance to today's world. Berlin dwells on pluralism of values and cultures, political liberalism, the defence of democracy and the challenge posed by fundamentalism. But there is also a generous leavening of gossip to close friends, reflections on music, the arts and artists, as well as a Shakespearean fascination with the variety of humankind. He reacts, as always, to world events: the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians; the fall of Communism; the Falklands, Gulf and Bosnian wars; and he observes the leading players on the world stage -- Reagan, Thatcher, Begin, Sadat, Shamir, Gorbachev, Yeltsin, Clinton and Khomeini; especially illuminating is the contrast he draws between Solzhenitsyn and Sakharov. He declines a peerage, wins the Agnelli Prize for ethics, campaigns against the 'carbuncle' proposed by the National Gallery, helps run Covent Garden, talks at length to his biographer, and works with his editor on new volumes of his writings. Affirming is the crowning achievement both of Berlin's epistolary life and of the acclaimed edition of his letters that began publication eleven years ago.
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Publisher
Penguin Random House
ISBN-10
178474008x
ISBN-13
9781784740085
eBay Product ID (ePID)
14038677123
Product Key Features
Book Title
Affirming : Letters 1975-1997
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Philosophers, Letters, Social History, Essays
Publication Year
2015
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History, Literary Collections
Number of Pages
608 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.4in
Item Height
1.6in
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
35.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
B1618.B454
Reviews
"Berlin's erudite, amusing, and gossipy letters stand as a monument to a lost age. This important thinker's correspondence will appeal to anyone with an interest in philosophy, political history, or the cultural milieu of the early 20th century." -- Library Journal on Enlightening, One of the great thinkers of the age. Anyone seeking to understand the 20th century should acquire this volume, and its three predecessors. They will be both stimulated and enlightened
Copyright Date
2015
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2015-462979
Dewey Decimal
920
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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