Too many options? Treat your friends and family to their favourite stores with a Bayshore Shopping Centre gift card, redeemable at participating retailers throughout the centre. Click below to purchase yours today!Purchase Here
*Product information may vary - to confirm product availability, pricing, shipping and return information please contact Coles
What if the greatest threat to humanity comes not from evil, but from those who believe they are saving the world?
In a century scarred by revolutions, purges, and the worship of purity, Isaiah Berlin emerged as one of the most powerful defenders of the fragile human world. His warning was stark: the dream of perfection can turn into the machinery of destruction . The promise of paradise can become the architecture of hell.
In this profound and unsettling book, Isaiah Berlin and the Defense of the Human World uncovers the moral and philosophical core of Berlin's thought—shaped by exile, persecution, and the devastation of totalitarian certainty. It reveals a thinker who understood, earlier than most, that freedom survives only when we protect the world from those who claim to possess the truth .
Through a gripping narrative that moves from the ashes of twentieth-century tragedy to the crises of the present, this book explores Berlin's radical defense of:
The sanctity of the individual
The ethics of limits and restraint
The necessity of pluralism
The rejection of salvation through sacrifice
At a moment when political extremes rise again and society fractures into absolutes, Berlin's message has never been more urgent. This is not merely a book about ideas—it is a call to moral vigilance, a warning against the intoxication of certainty, and an invitation to defend what is fragile and irreplaceable.
Freedom is not guaranteed. Civilization is not permanent. The world can break—and it can be defended.
For readers of political philosophy, intellectual history, and the moral struggles of our time, this volume offers a piercing insight: the future of humanity will belong to those who learn how to protect difference without demanding perfection.
A book that lingers in the mind, stirs the conscience, and refuses to be forgotten.
What if the greatest threat to humanity comes not from evil, but from those who believe they are saving the world?
In a century scarred by revolutions, purges, and the worship of purity, Isaiah Berlin emerged as one of the most powerful defenders of the fragile human world. His warning was stark: the dream of perfection can turn into the machinery of destruction . The promise of paradise can become the architecture of hell.
In this profound and unsettling book, Isaiah Berlin and the Defense of the Human World uncovers the moral and philosophical core of Berlin's thought—shaped by exile, persecution, and the devastation of totalitarian certainty. It reveals a thinker who understood, earlier than most, that freedom survives only when we protect the world from those who claim to possess the truth .
Through a gripping narrative that moves from the ashes of twentieth-century tragedy to the crises of the present, this book explores Berlin's radical defense of:
The sanctity of the individual
The ethics of limits and restraint
The necessity of pluralism
The rejection of salvation through sacrifice
At a moment when political extremes rise again and society fractures into absolutes, Berlin's message has never been more urgent. This is not merely a book about ideas—it is a call to moral vigilance, a warning against the intoxication of certainty, and an invitation to defend what is fragile and irreplaceable.
Freedom is not guaranteed. Civilization is not permanent. The world can break—and it can be defended.
For readers of political philosophy, intellectual history, and the moral struggles of our time, this volume offers a piercing insight: the future of humanity will belong to those who learn how to protect difference without demanding perfection.
A book that lingers in the mind, stirs the conscience, and refuses to be forgotten.
Coles is renowned for its outstanding customer service and great selection of books. Along with the vast array of magazines, stationary, audio-books, children's literature, fiction, non-fiction and reference books, you can find accessories to make your reading experience more pleasurable. We can recommend the very best in reading today. We will help you search our titles for exactly what you need, and if we do not have it in stock, we will order it for you.
