Against the Current - Essays in the History of Ideas - Paperback - 1997

Berlins main theme in these essays is the importance in the history of ideas of dissenters whose thinking still challenges conventional wisdom among them Machiavelli, Vico, Montesquieu, Herzen and Sorel. With his unusual powers of imaginative recreation, he brings to life original minds that swam against the current of their times, and in the process offers a powerful defence of variety in our visions of life. Roger Hausheers introduction surveys Berlins whole oeuvre, and the full bibliography of his pubication has been updated for this Pimlico edition.

Year of publication: 1997
Pagination: 464 pages, bibliography
Format: Paperback