Book 1994

Russian Thinkers RU

Russian Thinkers

Information

Realm: Russian
Author: Isaiah Berlin
Title: Russian Thinkers
Paratexts: Introduction by Aileen Kelly. Editorial preface by Henry Hardy.
Place of Publication: New York
Publisher: Penguin
Date of Publication: 1994
Material Type: Book
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 312
ISBN: 140136258
Language: English
Genre: Literary Criticism
Original Price: $ 13.95
Editor: Henry Hardy
Introduction Author: Aileen Kelly

Isaiah Berlin. Russian Thinkers. Edited by Henry Hardy and Aileen Kelly. New York: Penguin Books, 1994

Description

The theme that links these essays is the phenomenon of the Russian intelligentsia, which Isaiah Berlin describes as “the largest single Russian contribution to social change in the world.” As one of the most outstanding liberal intellectuals of the twentieth century, Berlin brings to his portraits of Russian thinkers a unique perception of the social and political circumstances that produced figures such as Herzen, Bakunin, Turgenev, Belinsky, and Tolstoy.