The power of ideas

The Power of Ideas

●A famous liberal intellectual of the 20th century, who interpreted the undercurrents of history through the evolution of his ideas●Includes many classic Berlin topics, an excellent introductory work for understanding the intellectual trends of the 20th century●Based on the 2013 revised edition of Princeton, with a new preface by a famous writer and the first publication of Berlin's unpublished texts●The new "Berlin Collected Works", elegantly bound, suitable for both reading and collectionWhy do ideas that grow up in the study have the power to change the world?
"The Power of Ideas" includes 22 articles by Berlin that have not been compiled into a book before. From Berlin's review of his own academic path, to his research on Russian thinkers that made him famous, to his free discourse that made him world-renowned, all of them use elegant words and magnificent arguments to prove that great ideas can revolutionize human understanding of the world and themselves, and terrible ideas can also bring misfortune and disaster to the world.
Marxism, Romanticism, freedom and Zionism: Berlin's discussions of these very different ideas are all included in this wonderful collection... Ideas are no longer just ideas, and no one can write about their glorious or not-so-glorious histories as carefully as Berlin.
—Nicholas Fane, The Independent on Sunday
This highly readable book covers the most crucial areas of Berlin's work. It is clearly an excellent introduction to Berlin's thought... All that is germane to Berlin, especially on freedom and human values, can be found here.
—Noel Malcolm, The Sunday Telegraph
[This book] not only grasps the power of ideas in history with clarity and clarity, but also tells us how we can apply Berlin's ideas to understanding what is happening in the world today.
—Strobe Talbott, American foreign policy expert

2019-04-01

译林出版社

444

9787544769358