Against The Current: Essays In The History Of Ideas; Author: Berlin, Isaiah; Introduction: Hausheer, Roger; Paperback

Author: Berlin, Isaiah; Introduction: Hausheer, Roger
Paperback
474 pages
Published: January 2002
University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
ISBN: 0691090262

In this outstanding collection of essays, Isaiah Berlin, one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century, discusses the importance in the history of thought of dissenters whose ideas still challenge conventional wisdom--among them Machiavelli, Vico, Montesquieu, Herzen, and Sorel. With his unusual powers of imaginative re-creation, Berlin brings to life original minds that swam against the current of their times.In this collection of essays, Isaiah Berlin, one of the great thinkers of the 20th century, discusses the importance in the history of thought of dissenters whose ideas still challenge convential wisdom - among them Machiavelli, Vico, and Sorel.