Isaac and Isaiah: The Covert Punishment of a Cold War Heretic - Tapa blanda

Caute, David

 
9780300212327: Isaac and Isaiah: The Covert Punishment of a Cold War Heretic
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ISBN 10: 0300212321 ISBN 13: 9780300212327
Editorial: Yale University Press, 2015

Sinopsis

Two high-voltage scholars engage in a bitter conflict in this irresistible tale of principle and politics in the Cold War years

Rancorous and highly public disagreements between Isaiah Berlin and Isaac Deutscher escalated to the point of cruel betrayal in the mid-1960s, yet surprisingly the details of the episode have escaped historians’ scrutiny. In this gripping account of the ideological clash between two of the most influential scholars of Cold War politics, David Caute uncovers a hidden story of passionate beliefs, unresolved antagonism, and the high cost of reprisal to both victim and perpetrator.

Though Deutscher (1907–1967) and Berlin (1909–1997) had much in common―each arrived in England in flight from totalitarian violence, quickly mastered English, and found entry into the Anglo-American intellectual world of the 1950s―Berlin became one of the presiding voices of Anglo-American liberalism, while Deutscher remained faithful to his Leninist heritage, resolutely defending Soviet conduct despite his rejection of Stalin’s tyranny. Caute combines vivid biographical detail with an acute analysis of the issues that divided these two icons of Cold War politics, and brings to light for the first time the full severity of Berlin’s action against Deutscher.


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David Caute, former fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, is a historian whose recent books include Politics and the Novel during the Cold War and The Dancer Defects. He lives in London.

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Editorial
Yale University Press
Año de publicación
2015
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0300212321
ISBN 13 
9780300212327
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
352
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9780300192094: Isaac and Isaiah: The Covert Punishment of a Cold War Heretic

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ISBN 10:  0300192096 ISBN 13:  9780300192094
Editorial: Yale University Press, 2013
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