Name: Lo Singular y lo Plural (in Spanish)
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Author: Isaiah Berlin
ISBN: 9788494816710

portada Lo Singular y lo Plural (in Spanish)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Isaiah Berlin

Publisher

Pagina Indomita

Year

2018

Language

Spanish

Pages

224

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9788494816710

Edited in

España

Edition No.

Synopsis "Lo Singular y lo Plural (in Spanish)"

Las conversaciones incluidas en este volumen, que hasta la fecha permanecían inéditas en nuestra lengua, representan en cierta medida la última gran entrevista concedida por Isaiah Berlin, uno de los pensadores liberales más destacados del siglo XX. En diálogo con Steven Lukes, el autor repasa su trayectoria vital e intelectual y aborda cuestiones de plena actualidad, como el auge de los enemigos de la sociedad plural, la crisis de la socialdemocracia y el futuro de una izquierda comprometida con un proyecto común basado en los valores de la Ilustración y el liberalismo.

Isaiah Berlin

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Isaiah Berlin (1909–1997) was an influential British philosopher and thinker of Latvian origin, known for his contributions to political theory and the history of ideas. Born in Riga, Latvia, his family emigrated to England in 1921. He studied at the University of Oxford, where he became a fellow of All Souls College and New College, and also founded Wolfson College. During World War II, he worked as a diplomat in Washington and Moscow. He was president of the British Academy from 1974 to 1978 and received various awards for his intellectual work.

His most famous essay, The Hedgehog and the Fox (1953), interprets Leon Tolstoy's view of history through an Archilochus metaphor: “The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.” Berlin classifies thinkers into two types: the "hedgehogs," who structure their worldview around a single central idea, and the "foxes," who have a more scattered and multiple perspective. According to Berlin, Tolstoy embodies both roles: by his talent, a fox; by his convictions, a hedgehog.

This essay has become an essential work for understanding the different approaches to thought and history.

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