Russian Thinkers
Author(s): Isaiah Berlin
Presenting ten essays, the author addresses the Russian minds of the nineteenth century: Herzen, Bakunin, Turgenev, Belinsky and Tolstoy, as well as exploring the political and social revolutions they inspired and responded to. He describes this as 'the largest single Russian contribution to social change in the world'.
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- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : Penguin Classics
- : 0.332
- : 29 February 2000
- : 198mm X 129mm X 25mm
- : books
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- : Isaiah Berlin
- : Paperback
- : 804
- : 197
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- : 412
- : HPCD
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The work of Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997) covered a wide variety of subjects, mostly appearing in periodicals and symposia. Apart from Russian Thinkers, Isaiah Berlin's other contributions to Russian studies include his translation of Ivan Turgenev's First Love (available from Penguin) and his Introduction to Alexander Herzen's memoirs, My Past and Thoughts. Sir Isaiah was awarded the Jerusalem Prize in 1979 for the expression in his writings of the idea of the freedom of the individual in society.