Freedom and Its Betrayal：Six Enemies of Human Liberty

作者 Isaiah Berlin著
出版社 Random House
出版时间 2003年2月
ISBN 9780712668422
定价 191.80

内容简介

IsaiahBerlin'scelebratedradiolecturesonsixformativeanti-liberalthinkersweredeliveredontheBBC'sThirdProgrammein1952.Theyarepublishedhereforthefirsttime,fiftyyearson.FREEDOMANDITSBETRAYALSisoneofIsaiahBerlin'searliestandmostconvincingexpositionsofhisviewsonhumanfreedomandthehistoryofideas,viewswhichlaterfoundexpressioninsuchfamousworksas'TwoConceptsofLiberty',andwereattheheartofhislifelongworkontheEnlightenmentanditscritics.InhislucidexaminationsofsometimesdifficultideasBerlindemonstratesthatabalancedunderstandingandaresilientdefenceofhumanlibertydependonlearningbothfromtheerrorsoffreedom'sallegeddefendersandfromthedarkinsightsofitsavowedantagonists.ThisbookthrowslightontheearlydevelopmentofBerlin'sideas,andsupplementshisalreadypublishedwritingswithfullertreatmentsofHelvetius,Rousseau,Fichte,HegelandSaint-Simon,withtheultra-conservativetraditionalistMaistrebringinguptherear.FREEDOMANDITSBETRAYALSshowsBerlinathisliveliestandmosttorrentiallyspontaneous,testifyingtohistalentsasateacherofrarebrillianceandimpact.ListenerstunedinexpectantlyeachweektothebroadcastsandfoundthemselvesmesmerisedbyBerlin'sastonishinglyfluentextemporestyle.Aleadinghistorianofideas,whowasthenaschoolboy,recordsthatthelectures'excitedmesomuchthatIsat,foreverytalk,onthefloorbesidethewireless,takingnotes'.Thisexcitementisatlastrecreatedhereforalltoshare.

作者简介

SirIsaiahBerlinwasborninRiga,Latvia,in1909.In1921hisfamilycametoEngland,andhewaseducatedatStPaul'sSchoolandCorpusChristiCollege,Oxford.AtOxfordhewasaFellowofNewCollege,ProfessorofSocialandPoliticalTheory,andfoundingPresidentofWolfsonCollege.HealsoheldthePresidencyoftheBritishAcademy.AsanexponentofthehistoryofideashewasawardedtheErasmus,LippincottandAgnelliPrizes;healsoreceivedtheJerusalemPrizeforhislifelongdefenceofcivilliberties.HediedinNovember1997.HenryHardy,aFellowofWolfsonCollege,Oxford,isoneofIsaiahBerlin'sLiteraryTrustees.HehaseditedseveralotherbooksbyBerlin.

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