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The power of ideas
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ISBN: 0691092761 069105018X 1400848849 069115760X 1299987524 Year: 2002 Publisher: Princeton Princeton University Press

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The essays collected in this new volume reveal Isaiah Berlin at his most lucid and accessible. He was constitutionally incapable of writing with the opacity of the specialist, but these shorter, more introductory pieces provide the perfect starting-point for the reader new to his work. Those who are already familiar with his writing will also be grateful for this further addition to his collected essays. The connecting theme of these essays, as in the case of earlier volumes, is the crucial social and political role--past, present and future--of ideas, and of their progenitors. A rich variety of subject-matters is represented--from philosophy to education, from Russia to Israel, from Marxism to romanticism--so that the truth of Heine's warning is exemplified on a broad front. It is a warning that Berlin often referred to, and provides an answer to those who ask, as from time to time they do, why intellectual history matters. Among the contributions are "My Intellectual Path," Berlin's last essay, a retrospective autobiographical survey of his main preoccupations; and "Jewish Slavery and Emancipation," the classic statement of his Zionist views, long unavailable in print. His other subjects include the Enlightenment, Giambattista Vico, Vissarion Belinsky, Alexander Herzen, G.V. Plekhanov, the Russian intelligentsia, the idea of liberty, political realism, nationalism, and historicism. The book exhibits the full range of his enormously wide expertise and demonstrates the striking and enormously engaging individuality, as well as the power, of his own ideas. "Over a hundred years ago, the German poet Heine warned the French not to underestimate the power of ideas: philosophical concepts nurtured in the stillness of a professor's study could destroy a civilization."--Isaiah Berlin, Two Concepts of Liberty, 1958. This new edition adds a number of previously uncollected pieces, including Berlin's earliest statement of the pluralism of values for which he is famous.

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Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Philosophy. --- Philosophy, Modern. --- Modern philosophy --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Age of Enlightenment. --- Alexander Herzen. --- Analogy. --- Autocracy. --- Awareness. --- Bolsheviks. --- Bourgeoisie. --- Calculation. --- Capitalism. --- Career. --- Cataclysm (Dragonlance). --- Chaim Weizmann. --- Chauvinism. --- Civilisation (TV series). --- Classicism. --- Communism. --- Consciousness. --- Criticism. --- Despotism. --- Disenchantment. --- Eloquence. --- Empirical evidence. --- Empiricism. --- Existentialism. --- Fanaticism. --- For Marx. --- Form of life (philosophy). --- Friedrich Meinecke. --- Good and evil. --- Hatred. --- Historism. --- Humiliation. --- Hypothesis. --- Ideology. --- Individualism. --- Institution. --- Intellectual history. --- Intelligentsia. --- Irony. --- Isaiah Berlin. --- Italians. --- Jerusalem Prize. --- Jews. --- John Stuart Mill. --- Jules Michelet. --- Karl Marx. --- Lecture. --- Literature. --- Marxism. --- Modernity. --- Morality. --- Nationality. --- Natural science. --- Obscurantism. --- Obstacle. --- Of Education. --- Oligarchy. --- Oxford University Press. --- Paternalism. --- Pessimism. --- Phenomenon. --- Philosopher. --- Philosophy of history. --- Political philosophy. --- Politics. --- Populism. --- Positivism. --- Prejudice. --- Publication. --- Rationalism. --- Rationality. --- Reality. --- Reason. --- Relativism. --- Result. --- Rhetoric. --- Romanticism. --- Ruler. --- Russian literature. --- School of thought. --- Science. --- Scientific method. --- Scientist. --- Sensibility. --- Sincerity. --- Skepticism. --- Slavery. --- Sociology. --- Symptom. --- The Philosopher. --- Theory. --- Thought. --- Three Critics of the Enlightenment. --- Treatise. --- War. --- Weizmann. --- Western culture. --- Writing. --- Zionism.


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Study gods : How the new Chinese elite prepare for global competition
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ISBN: 0691237190 9780691237190 Year: 2022 Publisher: Princeton Princeton University Press

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"How privileged adolescents in China acquire status and why this helps them succeed Study Gods offers a rare look at the ways privileged youth in China prepare themselves to join the ranks of the global elite. Yi-Lin Chiang shows how these competitive Chinese high schoolers first become "study gods" (xueshen), a term describing academically high-performing students. Constant studying, however, is not what explains their success, for these young people appear god-like in their effortless abilities to excel. Instead, Chiang explores how elite adolescents achieve by absorbing and implementing the rules surrounding status.Drawing from eight years of fieldwork and extensive interviews, Chiang reveals the important lessons that Chinese youth learn in their pursuit of elite status. They understand the hierarchy of the status system, recognizing and acquiring the characteristics that are prized, while avoiding those that are not. They maintain status by expecting differential treatment and performing status-based behaviors, which guide their daily interactions with peers, teachers, and parents. Lastly, with the help of resourceful parents, they rely on external assistance in the face of potential obstacles and failures. Chiang looks at how students hone these skills, applying them as they head to colleges and careers around the world, and in their relationships with colleagues and supervisors.Highlighting another facet of China's rising power, Study Gods announces the arrival of a new generation to the realm of global competition"--

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Adolescence --- Accounting. --- Adult. --- American Teacher. --- Antoine Arnauld. --- Archaeology. --- Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons). --- Beijing. --- Bra size. --- Brown University. --- Career. --- Cess. --- Chinese International School. --- Christian. --- Civilisation (TV series). --- Classroom. --- Climate change. --- Climate. --- Coaching. --- Coimbatore. --- College application. --- Cram school. --- Developed country. --- Diplodocid. --- Educational stage. --- Elagabalus. --- Electrical engineering. --- Eleventh grade. --- Elite Status. --- Emerging technologies. --- Empathy. --- Environmental determinism. --- Epic film. --- Ethnography. --- Finding. --- Frustration. --- Geographer. --- Gift. --- Grader. --- Hagiography. --- Hardness. --- Harvard College. --- Hellenistic period. --- Hot Jupiter. --- Hu Jintao. --- Hukou. --- Humiliation. --- Imposition. --- Income. --- Industry. --- Ingredient. --- Institution. --- Internship. --- John of Ephesus. --- Language barrier. --- Language. --- Late Antiquity. --- Latin honors. --- Lausiac History. --- Massif. --- Measurement. --- Monastery. --- Mrs. --- National Higher Education Entrance Examination. --- Newsletter. --- Northeast China. --- Oxbridge. --- Paper bag. --- Percentage. --- Racial hierarchy. --- Radial velocity. --- Research assistant. --- Restaurant. --- Roman Empire. --- Rural area. --- SAT. --- School. --- Security guard. --- Shipbuilding. --- Social justice. --- Social rejection. --- Social status. --- Society. --- Sociology. --- Software engineer. --- Student. --- Supervisor. --- Tax policy. --- Test (assessment). --- Test preparation. --- Test score. --- The Bell Curve. --- The Exam. --- The Other Hand. --- Travel visa. --- Twelfth grade. --- Underachiever. --- Unintended consequences. --- University of California, Santa Barbara. --- Vocabulary. --- Wildlife trade.

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