Dimensions
157 x 234 x 52mm
An Anthology Of Essays
Isaiah Berlin was one of the leading thinkers of the century, and one of the finest writers. 'The Proper Study of Mankind' provides a selection 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 characterize 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 illuminate the past and offer a key to the burning issues of today.
Isaiah Berlin speaks with such infections energy that he has become everyman's guide to everything exciting in the history of ideas.
