Note on References xi Foreword by Avishai Margalit xiii Editor's Preface xxv My Intellectual Path 1 The Purpose of Philosophy 29 The Philosophers of the Enlightenment 43 One of the Boldest Innovators in the History of Human Thought 63 Russian Intellectual History 81 The Man Who Became a Myth 95 A Revolutionary without Fanaticism 106 The Role of the Intelligentsia 125 Liberty 134 The Philosophy of Karl Marx 139 The Father of Russian Marxism 153 Realism in Politics 163 The Origins of Israel 173 Jewish Slavery and Emancipation 197 Chaim Weizmann's Leadership 227 The Search for Status 238 The Essence of European Romanticism 243 Meinecke and Historicism 249 General Education 260 Appendix to the Second Edition Democracy, Communism and the Individual 273 Woodrow Wilson on Education 284 A Note on Nationalism 301 Index 313
Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997) was one of the leading intellectual historians of the twentieth century and the founding president of Wolfson College, University of Oxford. His many books include "The Hedgehog and the Fox", "The Crooked Timber of Humanity", "The Roots of Romanticism", and "Against the Current" (all Princeton). Henry Hardy, a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford, is one of Isaiah Berlin's literary trustees. He has edited several other volumes by Berlin, and is currently preparing Berlin's letters and remaining unpublished writings for publication.
"A volume which covers the key areas of Berlin's interests in an unusually accessible way; it will take its place as, quite simply, the best short introduction to his thinking... [A]ll the arguments most closely associated with Berlin--above all, about freedom and human values--can be found here..."--Noel Malcolm, Sunday Telegraph (London) "Berlin's views on such disparate topics as Marxism, romanticism, liberty and Zionism are all covered in this excellent collection of his essays... Ideas aren't what they used to be, but there is no one better able than Berlin to relate their glorious and not so glorious history. Each of the essays fulfils Raymond Carver's criterion for the short story: to leave the reader's body temperature a degree higher or lower than when the book was opened."--Nicholas Fearn, Independent on Sunday (London) "If he did nothing else, Berlin put the ideas back into history... This posthumous collection, containing some of his best work, show how seriously he took the task of inspiring the general reader."--Daniel Johnson, Daily Telegraph "The collection is thoroughly eclectic and engaging to read. You never know what the next morsel will taste of and, like a delectable plate of appetisers, the variety whets the appetite."--Judith Armstrong, Australian's Review of Books
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