num_pages: 300
description: In this outstanding collection of essays, Isaiah Berlin, one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century, discusses the importance in the history of thought of dissenters whose ideas still challenge conventional wisdom--among them Machiavelli, Vico, Montesquieu, Herzen, and Sorel. With his unusual powers of imaginative re-creation, Berlin brings to life original minds that swam against the current of their times.
language: English
title: Against the Current: Essays in the History of Ideas
titlecomplete: Against the Current: Essays in the History of Ideas
genres: Essays, Society, Politics, Philosophy, Theory, Nonfiction, History
ratings_count: 291
publisher: Princeton University Press