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Edition 9 (1979) Winner
Isaiah Berlin
アイザイア・バーリン
Aizaia Bārin
Aliases:
Sir Isaiah Berlin
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1909-06-06 （Riga, Livonia, Russian Empire）
- Died
- 1997-11-05 （Oxford, England） age 88
- Nationality
- Russian, British
- Languages
- Russian, English, French, German, Italian, Hebrew, Latin, Ancient Greek
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Riga (1909-1915) → Andreapol and Petrograd (1915-1921) → London, Surbiton, Kensington, Hampstead (1921- ) → Oxford
Career
- Occupations
- philosopher, historian of ideas, social and political theorist
- Active Years
- 1928-1997
- Affiliations
- New College, Oxford, All Souls College, Oxford, Wolfson College, Oxford
- Memberships
- President of the Aristotelian Society (1963-1964), President of the British Academy (1974-1978)
- Influenced By
- Giambattista Vico, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Georg Hamann, Joseph de Maistre
- Influenced
- Charles Taylor, G. A. Cohen
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Paul's School | — | Preparatory School | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Corpus Christi College, Oxford | — | Literae Humaniores | Bachelor of Arts | 1927-1928 | United Kingdom |
| University of Oxford | — | Philosophy, Politics and Economics | Bachelor of Arts | — | United Kingdom |
St Paul's School
Preparatory School
Country:
United Kingdom
London
Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Literae Humaniores
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
Period:
1927-1928
Year of Graduation:
1928
Country:
United Kingdom
First-class honours, John Locke Prize
University of Oxford
Philosophy, Politics and Economics
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
Year of Graduation:
1929
Country:
United Kingdom
First-class honours
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Commander of the Order of the British Empire | — | — | British Government | 受賞 |
| 1957 | Knight Bachelor | — | — | British Government | 受賞 |
| 1971 | Order of Merit | — | — | British Government | 受賞 |
| 1979 | Jerusalem Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
1946
Organization:
British Government
Result:
受賞
Knight Bachelor
1957
Organization:
British Government
Result:
受賞
Order of Merit
1971
Organization:
British Government
Result:
受賞
Jerusalem Prize
1979
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Two Concepts of Liberty
1958 Political PhilosophyDistinguishes between negative liberty (absence of interference) and positive liberty (self-mastery), warning of the latter's potential for abuse.
Negative LibertyPositive Liberty
The Hedgehog and the Fox
1953 Intellectual EssayAn essay on Tolstoy's view of history using the hedgehog/fox metaphor from Archilochus.
Philosophy of HistoryPluralism
Karl Marx: His Life and Environment
1939 BiographyExamines Marx's life and intellectual environment.
Marxism
Bibliography
- Karl Marx: His Life and Environment
- The Hedgehog and the Fox
- Russian Thinkers
- Against the Current: Essays in the History of Ideas
- The Proper Study of Mankind: An Anthology of Essays
Translations by Author
- Translations of Ivan Turgenev's works
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Style from transcribed lectures and talksAnimated, digressive, conversational
- Recurring Motifs
- Value PluralismLibertyCounter-Enlightenment
Health
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Damaged left arm出生時から生涯Prevented participation in war effort initially
Legacy
Influential in liberal theory and value pluralism, opposed Marxism and communism.
Museums
- Isaiah Berlin Room Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva
Academic Societies
- Isaiah Berlin Lecture series
Archives
- Wolfson College, Oxford
- Ben-Gurion University
In Popular Culture
- Annual Isaiah Berlin Lectures at Oxford, Riga, etc.
Quotes
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That gave me a permanent horror of violence which has remained with me for the rest of my life.
Source: Childhood memory of February Revolution
Trivia
- Born into a wealthy Jewish family in Riga.
- Witnessed the Russian Revolutions as a child.
- Founding President of Wolfson College, Oxford.