The Soviet Mind: Russian Culture under Communism
Isaiah Berlin, Henry Hardy (Editor), Strobe TalbottBooks.org participates in affiliate programs including Bookshop.org and the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. We may earn a commission from qualifying purchases made through links on this page, at no additional cost to you.
Synopsis
Berlin (former professor of social and political theory, Oxford U., UK), well known for his political philosophy and its distinction between positive and negative freedoms, was less recognized as a Russian-Jewish émigré. This collection of 10 essays gathers his writings on the USSR and includes his reflections on the work of Boris Pasternak and Osip Mandel'shtam, his account of his 1956 visit to the Soviet Union as a guest of the British Ambassador, and a post-Soviet assessment of the state of Russian intelligentsia. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR