Isaiah Berlin and the Enlightenment - Laurence Brockliss & Ritchie Robertson

Isaiah Berlin and the Enlightenment

By Laurence Brockliss & Ritchie Robertson

  • Release Date: 2016-10-20
  • Genre: Philosophy

Description

Isaiah Berlin and the Enlightenment explores the development of Berlin's conception of the Enlightenment, noting its indebtedness to a specific German intellectual tradition. The book examines his comments on individual writers, arguing that some assigned to the Counter-Enlightenment have closer affinities to the Enlightenment than he recognized