The Book of Isaiah: Personal Impressions of Isaiah Berlin

by Hardy, Henry

• ISBN13: 9781843834533
• ISBN10: 1843834537
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-05-21
• Publisher: Boydell Pr

Summary

This collection of pen-portraits of the renowned public intellectual Isaiah Berlin, published to mark the centenary of his birth, brings him vividly to life from many vantage-points: essential reading for all who seek to understand the full range of his impact.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xiv
Abbreviations	p. xvi
In Search of Isaiah Berlin	p. 1
Tributes
Isaiah In Person
Isaiah As I Knew Him	p. 40
So Much There	p. 55
Akhmatova and Sir	p. 62
Run Over by Isaiah	p. 82
Working for Isaiah	p. 87
New York City, Autumn 1966	p. 95
Lunching with Isaiah	p. 103
A Luminous Personality	p. 109
In the President's Office	p. 114
Tea at the Athenaeum	p. 124
Some Musical Encounters	p. 130
Editing Berlin, Interpreting Berlin	p. 135
One of the Giants of the Twentieth Century	p. 145
The Day After	p. 151
Fast Talker	p. 155
Isaiah the Jew	p. 157
All Ears	p. 169
A Philosopher's Stroll	p. 174
Berlin in Autumn: The Philosopher in Old Age	p. 176
When a Sage Dies, All Are His Kin	p. 186
The Last Englishman	p. 197
Berlin On Paper
The Value of the Personal	p. 202
A Berlinian Education	p. 216
The Legacy of Open Thought	p. 223
The Fox is Still Running	p. 231
Isaiah Berlin on Himself	p. 238
The Berlin Papers in the Bodleian Library	p. 247
Elysian Schools	p. 260
Appendix
For the Benefit of My Son	p. 265
Family Trees	p. 315
The Contributors	p. 320
Index	p. 323
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