Shura and Shaya: an afternoon with Sir Isaiah Berlin.

From: American Scholar | Date: March 22, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

The relationship between Isaiah "Shaya" Berlin and Alexander "Shura" Gerschenkron, the author's grandfather, is recounted by Berlin. Shared interests, intellectual styles, and a mutual respect for knowledge are described. The two men had many disagreements and shared many attitudes but avoided direct competition.

My late grandfather, Alexander "Shura" Gerschenkron, the Russian-born economist, historian, linguist, translator, essayist, conversationalist, and "Harvard's scholarly model"--as The New York Times once referred to him--didn't feel close to many people. One exception was his ...

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