Goodbye to Berlin. (death of liberal Sir Isaiah Berlin)(Brief Article)(Obituary)(Column)

The Nation | December 8, 1997| | Copyright

When official liberalism decides to award itself a pat on the back, it thumps away unstintingly. The death of Sir Isaiah Berlin gave vent to the most orgiastic self-congratulation. With the passing of the spokesman of high liberal values, it seemed, tolerance and pluralism and free inquiry were all but orphaned. Fortunately, Berlin had found time, in the intervals of his dazzling repartee, to rid the world of the scourges of Marxism and "positive liberty," and put rancorous Continental ideologies firmly in their place.

It can be conceded at once that Berlin was ...

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