The roots of Romanticism

The Roots of Romanticism

After Romanticism, the world was no longer the same.
After Berlin, Romanticism was never the same.
This book is compiled from the recordings of Berlin's 1965 Mellon Lectures on "Romanticism." Beginning with the definition of Romanticism, it traces its origins, growth, and expansion, exploring its immense and enduring influence. Drawing on an unprecedented perspective on the history of ideas, Berlin demonstrates the immense power of the Romantic Revolution as a mode of cognition and ideology. Berlin's lectures are clearly structured, meticulously thought-provoking, and overflowing with allusions, like a torrent of mountain torrents. They are a magnificent musical piece of thought, a moment of divinely inspired genius.
"Berlin's intellectual genius is fully on display in this work: it is quick-witted, erudite, profound, and stimulating. Reading it is like witnessing fresh ideas being forged in the crucible of a brilliant mind."
—John Banville "This is a book that will be a welcome start for any prime minister, president, or cultural critic. Berlin writes about the tolerance and understanding we need to face the diversity of human needs and aspirations, and the incompatibility of different ideals."
—Peter Mudford, The Times Literary Supplement
“You can hear the torrent of words swelling, crashing against each other, surging again and again… It’s thought-provoking, stirring, full of a raw, natural tension. That’s the heart of Romanticism.”
——Key Reporter

2019-10-01

译林出版社

280

9787544778961