{"product_id":"the-hedgehog-and-the-fox-an-essay-on-tolstoys-view-of-history-with-an-introduction-by-michael-ignatieff-9781474619707","title":"The Hedgehog And The Fox: An Essay on Tolstoy's View of History, With an Introduction by Michael Ignatieff","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A dazzling tour de force. A rhetorical masterpiece, an intellectual firework display by a modern master' Robert McCrum, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIsaiah Berlin's classic essay on Tolstoy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Brilliant. Searching and profound' \u003cb\u003eE.H. Carr, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'When reading Isaiah Berlin we breathe an altogether different air' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Beautifully written' \u003cb\u003eW. H. Auden, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Ingenious. Exactly what good critical writing should be' \u003cb\u003eMax Beloff, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor Isaiah Berlin, there is a fundamental distinction in mankind: those who are fascinated by the infinite variety of things - foxes - and those who relate everything to a central all-embracing system - hedgehogs. It can be applied to the greatest creative minds: Dante, Ibsen and Proust are hedgehogs, while Shakespeare, Aristotle and Joyce are foxes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet when Berlin reaches the case of Tolstoy, he finds a fox by nature, but a hedgehog by conviction; a duality which holds the key to understanding Tolstoy's work, illuminating a paradox of his philosophy of history and showing why he was frequently misunderstood by his contemporaries and critics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith a foreword by Michael Ignatieff\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA W\u0026amp;N Essential\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 136g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 130 x 196 x 15 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781474619707\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Isaiah Berlin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44097822490874,"sku":"9781474619707","price":7.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1651230685828_book.jpg?v=1651262572","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/the-hedgehog-and-the-fox-an-essay-on-tolstoys-view-of-history-with-an-introduction-by-michael-ignatieff-9781474619707","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}