The proper study of mankind

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Sinopse

Isaiah Berlin was one of the leading thinkers of the century, and one of the finest writers. The Proper Study Of Mankind selects some of the best of his essays. The full (and enormous) range of his work is represented here, from the exposition of his most distinctive doctrine - pluralism - to studies of Machiavelli, Tolstoy, Churchill and Roosevelt. In these pages he encapsulates the principal movements that characterise the modern age: romanticism, historicism, Fascism, relativism, irrationalism and nationalism. His ideas are always tied to the people who conceived them, so that abstractions are brought alive. His insights both illuminate the past and offer a key to the burning issues of the today.

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Autor: Isaiah Berlin

Autor

ISAIAH BERLIN

Filósofo e histórico das ideias, sir Isaiah Berlin nasceu em Riga em 1909. Ainda criança mudou-se com a família para São Petersburgo, onde presenciou a Revolução Russa, sucessivamente mudou-se para Inglaterra. Estudou na Universidade de Oxford, onde tornou-se professor de Teoria Social e Política. Morreu em 1997 na mesma cidade de Oxford. Entre seu livros publicados no Brasil estão Vico e Herder (1979), Pensadores russos (1988) e A força das ideias (2005).