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Isaiah Berlin

20th Century (1909-1997)

Isaiah Berlin was a 20th-century British philosopher and historian of ideas, born in Riga in 1909 and later becoming a prominent Oxford academic. He is best known for his work on political theory and the history of ideas, particularly his concepts of 'positive and negative liberty' and the distinction between 'hedgehogs and foxes.' Berlin's intellectual legacy centers on pluralism, anti-utopianism, and a deep skepticism of monistic systems.

History of IdeasPolitical Theory

Two Concepts of Liberty
The Hedgehog and the Fox: An Essay on Tolstoy's View of History
The Crooked Timber of Humanity: Chapters in the History of Ideas
The Roots of Romanticism
Against the Current: Essays in the History of Ideas
The Magus of the North: J.G. Hamann and the Origins of Modern Irrationalism
Karl Marx: His Life and Environment
The Sense of Reality: Studies in Ideas and Their History
The Proper Study of Mankind: An Anthology of Essays
Concepts and Categories: Philosophical Essays
Personal Impressions
The Soviet Mind: Russian Culture under Communism
Freedom and Its Betrayal: Six Enemies of Human Liberty

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