Isaiah Berlin Centenary
By Oxford University
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Description
A series of podcasts to mark the centenary of the birth on 6th June 1909 of Isaiah Berlin, founding President of Wolfson College, Oxford University and regarded as one of the leading thinkers of the 20th century.
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CleanAnna Akhmatova reading her poems about Isaiah Berlin in Oxford in 1965 | The podcast is in russian. This short recording includes Cinque and a number of other poems inspired by her meetings with Isaiah Berlin. | 23 5 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Origins of Cultural History 1; Two Notions of the History of Culture: the German Versus the French Tradition | Isaiah Berlin gives the first of his lectures on The Origins of Cultural History on February 19th 1973. | 31 7 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Origins of Cultural History 2; Geisteswissenschaft and the Natural Sciences: Vico versus Descartes | Isaiah Berlin gives the second of his lectures on the origins of cultural history. | 31 7 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Origins of Cultural History 3; The Origins of the Conflict: Political Lawyers, Classical Scholars, Narrative Historians | Isaiah Berlin gives the third and final lecture on the origins of cultural history. | 31 7 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTwo Enemies of Enlightenment: 2; Joseph de Maistre | Isaiah Berlin gives a lecture on Joseph de Maistre on October 27th 1965. | 31 7 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTwo Enemies of Enlightenment: 1; J G Hamann | Isaiah Berlin gives a lecture on J G Hamann on October 26th 1965. | 31 7 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFrom Communism to Zionism: Moses Hess (1957) | 1957 Lucien Wolf Memorial Lecture. Lecture on the Jewish philosopher Moses Hess, one of the founders of Zionism and a committed Socialist. Berlin also discusses Hess’s evolution as a philosopher, from International Socialism to Zionism. | 15 4 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanA Fire at Sea (1957) | Isaiah Berlin introduces and reads his translation of Russian novelist Ivan Turgenev's short story, 'A Fire at Sea' in which Turgenev recounts an embarrassing episode from his youth. Originally broadcast by the BBC's Third Programme in 1957. | 15 4 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAlexander Herzen: His Opinions and Character (1955) | Lecture on Alexander Herzen, philosopher and founder of Russia’s first free press. He discusses Herzen’s passionate belief in individual liberty and his distaste for the new violent radicalism in Russia in his time. | 15 4 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFreedom and its Betrayal: Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1952) | Berlin lectures on Rousseau's The Social Contract and discusses Rousseau's anti-intellectualism, his idealism of Nature, and the worryingly authoritarian implications of his philosophy. Originally broadcast for the BBC's Third Programme in 1952. | 14 4 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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