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This series is dedicated to works dealing with the history of liberal, philosophical and political thought. A common ideological trait is the rejection of ideas and systems usurping or limiting the freedom of the individual. The liberal standpoint of the authors in this series serves to counterbalance the nationalistic views and myths so common in contemporary intellectual circles. Thus, the aim of this series is to develop and strengthen liberal thought.
 | Isaiah Berlin. History of Freedom. Europe
The writings of a famous British liberal thinker, Sir Isaiah Berlin (1909–1997) are still little known to the Russian audience. In his works Berlin combines the clarity of British liberal tradition with the anti-Utopian lessons of Russian history. His classic studies in political theory and intellectual history offer an original vision of the 20th century as well as insights into the future of mankind. This is a second volume of his collected works published by the New Literary Review Publishing House (see also his Philosophy of Freedom. Europe. Moscow, 2001). For Berlin the history of freedom is the history of Russian intellectuals reflecting on freedom in the not-so-free 19th and 20th centuries. The volume also includes Berlin’s recollections about his visit to the USSR and encounters with Boris Pasternak and Anna Akhmatova.
| |  | Isaiah Berlin. Philosophy of Freedom. Europe
The author, a thinker of unique dignity and moral purity, reflects on the 20th century, which he considers the worst in human history. Isaiah Berlin, a prominent philosopher and historian, was neither a hero, nor a martyr. A Russian Jew, born in Riga in 1909, he witnessed the Revolution in Petrograd and had all the chances to perish in a concentration camp or at the front. Having outlived many of his compatriots and contemporaries, Sir Isaiah Berlin died in 1997 having become a world-renown thinker. This volume includes some of his best essays.
| |  | Ayn Rand. An Apologia for Capitalism
The American novelist, essayist and philosopher Ayn Rand (1905-1982) was born and studied in St.Petersburg, emigrating to the USA in 1926. A convinced anticommunist, Rand defends the principles of liberalism and individualism, claiming this standpoint to be truly humane. Her apologia for capitalism as the most effective and honest social structure is based on the concept of individual freedom.
The current collection contains articles by Ayn Rand, exploring a number of topical social phenomena such as racism, fascism and war. Of particular interest are the essays in which Rand uses the philosophical tools to dissect literary theory. None of the articles have previously appeared in Russian.
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