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Against the Current: Essays in the History of Ideas is a collection of essays by 20th century philosopher and historian of ideas Isaiah Berlin. Published in 1979, the collection was edited by Henry Hardy, and featured an introduction by Roger Read More..

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Description	Against the Current: Essays in the History of Ideas is a collection of essays by 20th century philosopher and historian of ideas Isaiah Berlin. Published in 1979, the collection was edited by Henry Hardy, and featured an introduction by Roger Hausheer. The book collects previously published essays in which Berlin discusses the thoughts of 20th century ideologic dissenters who were opposed to the prevailing wisdom of their time. A wide range of individuals are discussed including Machiavelli, Giambattista Vico, Montesquieu, Alexander Herzen, Georges Sorel, Verdi, and Moses HessThe collection represents Berlin's long held interest in figures who held dissenting or minority views; but who, despite this, are now important influences on modern thought. By emphasizing these individuals, Berlin attempts to address the issue of imbalances in the history of ideas. As Hausheer explains in the introduction: "At every step forward in our collective development, Berlin seems to say, we must pause to listen to the voices crying out in tortured dissent, or just raised to utter criticism, whether cautiously reasoned or wildly inchoate: we ignore them at our peril, for they may tell us something vital about ourselves".Included is "The Counter-Enlightenment" an essay first published in 1973. In this essay Berlin explains his theory of a Counter-Enlightenment. Berlin traces the ideology of figures such as Giambattista Vico, from their opposition to enlightenment ideals to the emergence of Romanticism and Existentialism.
Description	Against the Current: Essays in the History of Ideas is a collection of essays by 20th century philosopher and historian of ideas Isaiah Berlin. Published in 1979, the collection was edited by Henry Hardy, and featured an introduction by Roger Hausheer. The book collects previously published essays in which Berlin discusses the thoughts of 20th century ideologic dissenters who were opposed to the prevailing wisdom of their time. A wide range of individuals are discussed including Machiavelli, Giambattista Vico, Montesquieu, Alexander Herzen, Georges Sorel, Verdi, and Moses HessThe collection represents Berlin's long held interest in figures who held dissenting or minority views; but who, despite this, are now important influences on modern thought. By emphasizing these individuals, Berlin attempts to address the issue of imbalances in the history of ideas. As Hausheer explains in the introduction: "At every step forward in our collective development, Berlin seems to say, we must pause to listen to the voices crying out in tortured dissent, or just raised to utter criticism, whether cautiously reasoned or wildly inchoate: we ignore them at our peril, for they may tell us something vital about ourselves".Included is "The Counter-Enlightenment" an essay first published in 1973. In this essay Berlin explains his theory of a Counter-Enlightenment. Berlin traces the ideology of figures such as Giambattista Vico, from their opposition to enlightenment ideals to the emergence of Romanticism and Existentialism.

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Name	Against the Current: Essays in the History of Ideas
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Authors	Isaiah Berlin
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Genre	History of Ideas
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Pages	300
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Isbn	0-7126-6690-7
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Publisher	Pimlico
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Pub_date	1979
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