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Isaiah Berlin

Jeffrey Friedman (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover
230 Seiten
2024
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-35565-8 (ISBN)
CHF 69,80 inkl. MwSt
Isaiah Berlin’s liberalism seems both dated and essential in an era of ideological extremes. In this volume, ten political theorists reconsider Berlin’s thought—especially his famous essay, “Two Concepts of Liberty”—in the light of contemporary political developments such as populism.
Isaiah Berlin’s liberalism seems both dated and essential in an era of ideological extremes. Berlin’s vision of liberalism rejected metaphysics, philosophies of history, and particular conceptions of the good, setting a pattern for Anglo-American political thought that is still influential and may offer resources for understanding the resurgence of ideology in the twenty-first century, but one that also seems to be firmly embedded in the Cold War opposition of liberalism against Marxism.

In this volume, ten political theorists reconsider Berlin’s thought—especially his famous essay, “Two Concepts of Liberty”—in the light of contemporary political developments such as populism. Several contributors focus on Berlin’s neglected idea of political “maturity” as holding a key to his thought, making it an important site of contestation over his legacy. Others analyse Berlin’s notoriously fraught definition of liberty and his understanding of value pluralism; situate him as a Cold War liberal; and relate his work to that of contemporaries such as Raymond Aron and Leo Strauss.

This book was originally published as a special issue of Critical Review.

Jeffrey Friedman, the Editor of Critical Review, is Visiting Scholar in the Social Studies program at Harvard University, USA. He has taught political theory at Barnard College, Columbia University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, and Yale University, and is the author of Power Without Knowledge: A Critique of Technocracy (2019).

1. The Pluralist Constitution 2. Paternalism, Individualism, and the Politics of Maturity 3. In Search of the Decent Society: Isaiah Berlin and Raymond Aron on Liberty 4. Beyond the Cold War: Isaiah Berlin for the Twenty-First Century 5. German Idealism and Tragic Maturity 6. Milton, Mill, and Berlin’s History of Monism and Pluralism 7. What (If Anything) Is Wrong with Positive Liberty? 8. Isaiah Berlin and Leo Strauss: Notes Toward a Dialogue 9. Value Pluralism and Tragic Loss 10. Two Cheers for “Two Concepts”: Isaiah Berlin’s Skeptical, Tragic Liberalism

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 138 x 216 mm
Gewicht 453 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Europäische / Internationale Politik
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Systeme
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Theorie
ISBN-10 1-032-35565-4 / 1032355654
ISBN-13 978-1-032-35565-8 / 9781032355658
Zustand Neuware
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