Overview
- Contextualizes Isaiah Berlin for a new age
- Reinterprets Berlin's liberalism for the Trump era
- Updates Berlin's logic for a rising Asia and current conflicts in East Asia
Part of the book series: Asan-Palgrave Macmillan Series (APMS)
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“Confronting a series of caricatures of Isaiah Berlin, three insightful scholars ponder his relevance for our own time. Was Berlin’s ‘Cold War liberalism’ also an attempt at relentless criticism of liberal complacency? Far from propounding a dogmatic liberalism, did Berlin not acknowledge, alongside a ‘moral minimum,” the necessity of political compromise? Whatever the answers, this book successfully redeems Berlin for continuing engagement in a new era.” (Samuel Moyn, Yale University, USA)
“As we settle into a new century of global conflict, the contours of the one just ended are snapping into focus. This volume casts fresh light on one of that century's most humanist observers: Isaiah Berlin. Through historical and philosophical exploration, the three authors here ask us to consider Berlin and his legacy anew, asking what he meant in his time, and what he might mean for us.” (James Chappel, Duke University, USA) “A very stimulating volume that places Berlin’s thought in the post-war context without reducing it to a mere expression of its time. The essays help us to see that it was as much Berlin's “untidy” exploration of political psychology as his principles that expressed the liberalism he cherished.” (Mark Lilla, Columbia University, New York, USA)Editors and Affiliations
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Book Title: Isaiah Berlin’s Cold War Liberalism
Editors: Jan-Werner Müller
Series Title: Asan-Palgrave Macmillan Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2793-3
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Singapore
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-2792-6Published: 19 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-2793-3Published: 21 January 2019
Series ISSN: 3005-0103
Series E-ISSN: 3005-0111
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 94
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Conflict Studies, Political Philosophy, European Politics