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Against the current : essays in the history of ideas

Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-19971991
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This is a collection of essays by Isaiah Berlin. His main theme is the importance in the history of thought of dissenters whose ideas still challenge conventional wisdom. These figures include Machiavelli, Vico, Montesquieu, Hamann, Herzen and Georges Sorel.
Main title:
Against the current : essays in the history of ideas / Isaiah Berlin ; edited and with a bibliography by Henry Hardy ; with an introduction by Roger Hausheer.
Imprint:
Oxford : Clarendon, 1989 (1991[printing])
Collation:
liii,401p. ; 22cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London : Hogarth Press, 1979.Bibliography: p356-380. _ Includes index.
ISBN:
9780192830289 (pbk)
Dewey class:
192
Language:
English
BRN:
270453
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