{"product_id":"the-sense-of-reality-studies-in-ideas-and-their-history-paperback","title":"The Sense of Reality: Studies in Ideas and Their History - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIsaiah Berlin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHenry Hardy\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eTimothy Snyder\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"For anyone wanting to understand the twists and turns of the history of ideas, this book will be indispensable.\"\u003cb\u003e―John Gray, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sense of Reality\u003c\/i\u003e was the last new collection of essays published by Isaiah Berlin in his lifetime. All informed by Berlin's lifelong fascination with the history of ideas, these engaging studies range widely: the subjects explored include realism in history; judgment in politics; the history of socialism; the nature and impact of Marxism; the radical cultural revolution instigated by the Romantics; Russian notions of artistic commitment; and the origins and practice of nationalism. The title essay, taking its cue from the impossibility of recreating a bygone epoch, is a superb centerpiece. Now with a new foreword by Timothy Snyder and a new appendix comprising a previously unpublished essay on the great Russian critic Vissarion Belinksy and a previously uncollected lecture on utopianism, \u003ci\u003eThe Sense of Reality\u003c\/i\u003e is a rich and illuminating collection from one of the most seductive writers and thinkers of the twentieth century.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIsaiah Berlin\u003c\/b\u003e (1909-1997) was one of the leading intellectual historians of the twentieth century and the founding president of Wolfson College, University of Oxford. His many books include \u003ci\u003eThe Hedgehog and the Fox\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Crooked Timber of Humanity\u003c\/i\u003e (both Princeton).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 488\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 05, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761524867360,"sku":"9780691182872","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ea3b5118b7431a9f6696e416b1be7930.webp?v=1780209625","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-sense-of-reality-studies-in-ideas-and-their-history-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}