Liberty : incorporating 'four essays on liberty'

Liberty is the new and expanded edition of Isaiah Berlin’s Four Essays on Liberty , a modern classic of liberalism. These essays, of which the best known is ‘Two Concepts of Liberty’, do not offer a systematic account of liberalism, but instead deploy a view of being, knowledge, and value which was calculated by Berlin to rule totalitarian thinking out of court. The new edition adds to the four, ‘From Hope and Fear set free’, which reinforces Berlin’s argument and which he wanted to include in the original edition. Three further essays, and three autobiographical appendices have been included, so that all Berlin’s principal statements on liberty are gathered together. The whole is introduced by Berlin’s editor, Henry Hardy Liberty Is A Revised And Expanded Edition Of A Modern Classic Of Liberalism, Four Essays On Liberty, Regarded By Isaiah Berlin As His Most Important Book, And Constantly Discussed Since Its Publication In 1969. Irving Howe Described It In Harper's As 'an Exhilarating Performance - This, One Tells Oneself, Is What The Life Of The Mind Can Be'. Berlin's Editor Henry Hardy Has Told The Story Of The Book's Genesis, Revised The Text, Identified Sources, Incorporated A Fifth Essay That Berlin Had Wanted To Include, And Added Three Further Pieces, So That Berlin's Principal Statements On Liberty Are Now Gathered Together. Three Appendices Drawn From Berlin's Unpublished Papers Help Us To Understand The Core Of Personal Conviction From Which His Writings Sprang. A Guide By Ian Harris To The Huge Literature Stimulated By Berlin's Ideas Completes The Volume.--jacket. Introduction ---- Political Ideas In The Twentieth Century --- Historical Inevitability --- Two Concepts Of Liberty --- John Stuart Mill And The Ends Of Life --- From Hope And Fear Set Free --- Other Writings On Liberty --- Liberty --- The Birth Of Greek Individualism --- Final Retrospect --- Autobiographical Appendices --- The Purpose Justifies The Ways --- A Letter To George Kennan --- Notes On Prejudice --- Berlin And His Critics By Ian Harris. Isaiah Berlin ; Edited By Henry Hardy ; With An Essay On Berlin And His Critics By Ian Harris. Four Essays On Liberty Issued As An Oxford University Press Paperback 1969. Liberty Published In Hardback And Paperback 2002 - T. P. Verso. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Liberty is a revised and expanded edition of the book that Isaiah Berlin regarded as his most important-- Four Essays on Liberty , a standard text of liberalism, constantly in demand and constantly discussed since it was first published in 1969. Writing in Harper's , Irving Howe described it as "an exhilarating performance--this, one tells oneself, is what the life of the mind can be." Berlin's editor Henry Hardy has revised the text, incorporating a fifth essay that Berlin himself had wanted to include. He has also added further pieces that bear on the same topic, so that Berlin's principal statements on liberty are at last available together in one volume. Finally, in an extended preface and in appendices drawn from Berlin's unpublished writings, he exhibits some of the biographical sources of Berlin's lifelong preoccupation with liberalism. These additions help us to grasp the nature of Berlin's "inner citadel," as he called it--the core of personal conviction from which some of his most influential writing sprung. This Title Includes The Following Features: A New, Expanded Edition Of What Isaiah Berlin Himself Regarded As His Most Important Book; Includes A Fifth Essay, 'from Hope And Fear Set Free', Which Berlin Had Hoped To Include In The Original Edition; Also Included Are Three Of Berlin's Otherwritings On Liberty - 'liberty', 'the Birth Of Greek Individualism', And 'final Retrospect' - And Three Autobiographical Pieces - 'the Purpose Justifies The Ways', 'a Letter To George Kennan' (previously Unpublished), And 'notes On Prejudice'; Also Includes A Critical Bibliography By Ian Harriswhich Brings Together The Growing Mass Of Literature On Berlin's Work With Brief Critical Commentary; Includes An Extended Preface By The Editor Which Gives A Fascinating Insight Into The Struggle Behind The Creation Of This Highly Influential Work Front Matter Copyright Dedication Epigraph Illustrations The Editor’s Tale CONTENTS Five Essays on Liberty Introduction Political Ideas in the Twentieth Century Historical Inevitability Two Concepts of Liberty John Stuart Mill and the Ends of Life From Hope and Fear Set Free Other Writings On Liberty Liberty The Birth of Greek Individualism: A Turning-Point in the History of Political Thought Final Retrospect Autobiographical Appendices The Purpose Justifies the Ways A Letter to George Kennan Notes on Prejudice Berlin and his Critics /Ian Harris Concordance to Four Essays on Liberty Index This work is an expanded edition of Isaiah Berlin's classic of liberalism. Henry Hardy has incorporated a fifth essay, as Berlin wished, and added further pieces on the same topic, so that Berlin's statements on liberty are available together IN THE YEAR that Isaiah Berlin died, I was invited by The Times Higher Education Supplement to contribute to their 'Speaking Volumes' series, in which readers write briefly about the book that has influenced them most.