The crooked timber of humanity : chapters in the history of ideas /: chapters in the history of ideas. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Isaiah Berlin ; edited by Henry Hardy.
• Other Names: Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997; Hardy, Henry
• Contents: Pursuit of the ideal -- Decline of utopian ideas in the West -- Giambattista Vico and cultural history -- Alleged relativism in eighteenth-century European thought -- Joseph de Maistre and the origins of fascism -- European unity and its vicissitudes -- Apotheosis of the romantic will : the revolt against the myth of an ideal world -- Bent twig : on the rise of nationalism.
• Publisher Details: London : Vintage Digital
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (288 pages)
• Subjects: 192; PHILOSOPHY / General; Formation; Culture; Histoire; Civilization, Modern; Philosophy; Prose: non-fiction; Philosophy; Civilization, Modern; Aufsatzsammlung; Ideengeschichte
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781446496961; 1446496961
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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