{"product_id":"against-the-current-essays-in-the-history-of-ideas","title":"Against the Current: Essays in the History of Ideas","description":"Author: Isaiah Berlin\u003cbr\u003eCategory: Nonfiction\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Vintage Digital\u003cbr\u003ePublication date: June 30, 2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBerlin's main theme in these essays is the importance in the history of ideas of dissenters whose thinking still challenges conventional wisdom - among them Machiavelli, Vico, Montesquieu, Herzen and Sorel. With his unusual powers of imaginative re-creation, he brings to life original minds that swam against the current of their times, and in the process offers a powerful defence of variety in our visions of life.\nRoger Hausheer's introduction surveys Berlin's whole oeuvre, and the full bibliography of his pubication has been updated for this Pimlico edition.","brand":"Redrainforest","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32433398186039,"sku":"9781446496190","price":15.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/4664\/4791\/products\/against-the-current-2.jpg?v=1608177832","url":"https:\/\/redrainforest.myshopify.com\/products\/against-the-current-essays-in-the-history-of-ideas","provider":"Redrainforest","version":"1.0","type":"link"}