Freedom and Its Betrayal: Six Enemies of Human Freedom

Author: Zhao Guoxin Berlin
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: This book was originally a series of lectures given by Isaiah Berlin on BBC Radio Third in 1952. Starting from the basic theory of liberalism, he discussed the views of modern famous thinkers such as Helvetius, Rousseau, Fichte, Hegel, Saint-Simon, and Maine on freedom and human history. In Berlin's view, except for Maine, who was an open opponent of human freedom, these thinkers held a positive attitude toward human freedom. However, their understanding of freedom led to anti-free historical consequences.