Liberty
Incorporating Four Essays on Liberty
Recommended by Henry Hardy, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #56 in Political Philosophy, Ranked #71 in Political Theory — see more rankings.
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... more
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... more
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Henry Hardy Berlin was asked what his most important book was, he said Liberty. I don’t disagree with him. (Source)
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