{"product_id":"9780755601318","title":"In Search of Isaiah Berlin : A Literary Adventure","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eIn Search of Isaiah Berlin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Henry Hardy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsaiah Berlin was one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century - a man who set ideas on fire. His defence of liberty and plurality was passionate and persuasive and inspired a generation. His ideas - especially his reasoned rejection of excessive certainty and political despotism - have become even more prescient and vital today.\u003cbr\u003eBut who was the man behind such influential views? In Search of Isaiah Berlin tells the compelling story of a decades-long collaboration between Berlin and his editor, Henry Hardy, who made it his vocation to bring Berlin's huge body of work into print. Hardy discovered that Berlin had written far more than people thought, much of it unpublished. As he describes his struggles with Berlin, who was almost on principle unwilling to have his work published, an intimate and revealing picture of the self-deprecating philosopher emerges. This is a unique portrait of a man who gave us a new way of thinking about the human predicament, and whose work had for most of his life remained largely out of view.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The new perspective on an important intellectual figure is of great value.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A touching and often fascinating memoir ... Hardy has done much to preserve the ideas and, indeed, the memory of an extraordinary man for posterity.” —\u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The intellectual thrill of the accuracy of a footnote is the stuff of this work.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Irish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Written with passion, wit, and verve, […] an invitation to reread a major thinker whose ideas remain relevant today.” —\u003ci\u003eAurelian Craitu, Los Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A hugely enjoyable and accessible account of the relationship between the two men.” —\u003ci\u003eDavid Herman, Jewish Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A wonderful book on a wonderful subject.” —\u003ci\u003eJohn Banville\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Henry Hardy, the main editor of Isaiah Berlin, has invented a new genre, a sort of “making-of” for academic publishing.” —\u003ci\u003eMario Clemens, The Berlin Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A concise yet comprehensive account of Isaiah Berlin's thinking.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Browser\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780755601318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Tauris Parke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40717470793934,"sku":"9780755601318","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_c38a4cac-d618-4da2-bc05-023b0898112f.jpg?v=1641013251","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780755601318","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}