Isaiah Berlin
Sir Isaiah Berlin (24 May/6 June 1909 – 5 November 1997) was a Russian-British social and political theorist, philosopher, and historian of ideas. Although he became increasingly averse to writing for publication, his improvised lectures and talks were sometimes recorded and transcribed, and many of his spoken words were converted into published essays and books, both by himself and by others, especially by his principal editor from 1974, Henry Hardy.Born in Riga (now the capital of Latvia, then a part of the Russian Empire) in 1909, he moved to Petrograd, Russia, at the age of six, where he witnessed the revolutions of 1917. In 1921, his family moved to the UK, and he was educated at St Paul's School, London, and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. In 1932, at the age of twenty-three, Berlin was elected to a prize fellowship at All Souls College, Oxford. In addition to his own output, he translated works by Ivan Turgenev from Russian into English, and during World War II, worked for the British Diplomatic Service. From 1957 to 1967, he was Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory at the University of Oxford. He was president of the Aristotelian Society from 1963 to 1964. In 1966, he played a role in creating Wolfson College, Oxford, and became its founding President. Berlin was appointed a CBE in 1946, knighted in 1957, and appointed to the Order of Merit in 1971. He was President of the British Academy from 1974 to 1978. He also received the 1979 Jerusalem Prize for his lifelong defence of civil liberties, and on 25 November 1994, he received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws at the University of Toronto, for which occasion he prepared a "short credo" (as he called it in a letter to a friend), now known as "A Message to the Twenty-First Century", to be read on his behalf at the ceremony.
An annual Isaiah Berlin Lecture is held at the Hampstead Synagogue, at Wolfson College, Oxford, at the British Academy, and in Riga. Berlin's work on liberal theory and on value pluralism, as well as his opposition to Marxism and communism, has had a lasting influence. Provided by Wikipedia
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The hedgehog and the fox: an essay on Tolstoy's view of history. by Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997
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Historical inevitability. by Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997
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Vico and Herder : two studies in the history of ideas / by Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997
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Russian thinkers / by Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997
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Concepts and categories : philosophical essays / by Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997
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Against the current : essays in the history of ideas / by Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997
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Personal impressions / by Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997
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Karl Marx : his life and environment / by Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997
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The magus of the north : J.G. Hamann and the origins of modern irrationalism / by Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997
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The roots of romanticism / by Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997
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Karl Marx, his life and environment / by Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997
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Karl Marx; his life and environment. by Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997
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Political ideas in the romantic age : their rise and influence on modern thought / by Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997
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Karl Marx : his life and environment / by Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997
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The Soviet mind : Russian culture under communism / by Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997
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Political ideas in the romantic age : their rise and influence on modern thought / by Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997
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The hedgehog and the fox : an essay on Tolstoy's view of history / by Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997
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The roots of romanticism / by Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997
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The crooked timber of humanity : chapters in the history of ideas / by Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997
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