{"product_id":"russian-thinkers-9780141442204","title":"Russian Thinkers","description":"\u003cb\u003eRequired reading for fans of Tom Stoppard's \u003ci\u003eThe Coast of Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e-the landmark investigation into Russian history and thought\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFew, if any, English-language critics have written as perceptively as Isaiah Berlin about Russian thought and culture. \u003ci\u003eRussian Thinkers\u003c\/i\u003e is his unique meditation on the impact that Russia's outstanding writers and philosophers had on its culture. In addition to Tolstoy's philosophy of history, which he addresses in his most famous essay, \"The Hedgehog and the Fox,\" Berlin considers the social and political circumstances that produced such men as Herzen, Bakunin, Turgenev, Belinsky, and others of the Russian intelligentsia, who made up, as Berlin describes, \"the largest single Russian contribution to social change in the world.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780141442204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.76h x 5.12w x 1.07d","brand":"Isaiah Berlin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42924820955317,"sku":"9780141442204","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a4d2094f-d759-4e10-821a-fcc2243a6869.jpg?v=1687839009","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/russian-thinkers-9780141442204","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}