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'An inspiring account of the relationship between the struggle to defend pragmatic liberalism and the dilemmas and conflicts of politics.'- Kirkus <br> <br> Dubnov's linking of Berlin's intellectual positions to the development of his identity as a British liberal and a Russian Jew is illuminating, as well as original. - Jewish Review of Books <br> <br>'Arie M. Dubnov's intellectual biography of Sir Isaiah Berlin (1907-1997) is remarkable in many ways. Dubnov's approach to this complex thinker is appropriately careful. This is not an easy book, because its subject is complex, but it is gracefully written and repays the serious reader's efforts generously.' - Jewish Book Council <br> <br>'A masterful, beautifully crafted biographical study of one the last century's most crucial, yet puzzling, public intellectuals. Dubnov writes with admirable clarity, breadth, and subtlety, with all the skills of a first-rate intellectual historian.'--Steven J. Zipperstein, Daniel E. Koshland Professor in Jewish Culture and History, Stanford University <br><br>'At a time when liberal Zionism seems increasingly oxymoronic, Arie Dubnov's trenchantly argued, scrupulously researched biography of Isaiah Berlin reminds us that it was once a viable option. Berlin's version, to be sure, was always beset with internal tensions--its Zionism firmly diasporic and liberalism motivated by fear rather than hope--but Dubnov shows that they were more often productive than disabling. Against Michael Ignatieff's authorized reconstruction of Berlin's life, which emphasized its Russian roots and worldly success, Dubnov gives us a more tortured intellectual wrestling with the dilemmas of modern Jewish identity, torn between cosmopolitan assimilation and communal solidarity.'-- Martin Jay, Sidney Hellman Ehrman Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley<br>

<p> An inspiring account of the relationship between the struggle to defend pragmatic liberalism and the dilemmas and conflicts of politics. - Kirkus <br> Dubnov's linking of Berlin's intellectual positions to the development of his identity as a British liberal and a Russian Jew is illuminating, as well as original. - Jewish Review of Books <br> Arie M. Dubnov's intellectual biography of Sir Isaiah Berlin (1907-1997) is remarkable in many ways. Dubnov's approach to this complex thinker is appropriately careful. This is not an easy book, because its subject is complex, but it is gracefully written and repays the serious reader's efforts generously. - Jewish Book Council <br> Dubnov's book deserves to be read . . . Helps us to recall the extraordinary relevance of a great thinker of liberal pluralism. - Il Sole 24 Ore <br> A masterful, beautifully crafted biographical study of one the last century's most crucial, yet puzzling, public intellectuals. Dubnov writes with admirable clarity, breadth, and subtlety, with all the skills of a first-rate intellectual historian. - Steven J. Zipperstein, Daniel E. Koshland Professor in Jewish Culture and History, Stanford University <br> At a time when liberal Zionism seems increasingly oxymoronic, Arie Dubnov's trenchantly argued, scrupulously researched biography of Isaiah Berlin reminds us that it was once a viable option. Berlin's version, to be sure, was always beset with internal tensionsa its Zionism firmly diasporic and liberalism motivated by fear rather than hopea but Dubnov shows that they were more often productive than disabling. Against Michael Ignatieff's authorized reconstruction of Berlin's life, which emphasized its Russian roots and worldly success, Dubnov gives us a more tortured intellectual wrestling with the dilemmas of modern Jewish identity, torn between cosmopolitan assimilation and communal solidarity. - Martin Jay, Sidney Hellman Ehrman Professor of History, University o

An inspiring account of the relationship between the struggle to defend pragmatic liberalism and the dilemmas and conflicts of politics. - Kirkus Dubnov's linking of Berlin's intellectual positions to the development of his identity as a British liberal and a Russian Jew is illuminating, as well as original. - Jewish Review of Books Arie M. Dubnov's intellectual biography of Sir Isaiah Berlin (1907-1997) is remarkable in many ways. Dubnov's approach to this complex thinker is appropriately careful. This is not an easy book, because its subject is complex, but it is gracefully written and repays the serious reader's efforts generously. - Jewish Book Council Dubnov's book deserves to be read . . . Helps us to recall the extraordinary relevance of a great thinker of liberal pluralism. - Il Sole 24 Ore A masterful, beautifully crafted biographical study of one the last century's most crucial, yet puzzling, public intellectuals. Dubnov writes with admirable clarity, breadth, and subtlety, with all the skills of a first-rate intellectual historian. - Steven J. Zipperstein, Daniel E. Koshland Professor in Jewish Culture and History, Stanford University At a time when liberal Zionism seems increasingly oxymoronic, Arie Dubnov's trenchantly argued, scrupulously researched biography of Isaiah Berlin reminds us that it was once a viable option. Berlin's version, to be sure, was always beset with internal tensionsa its Zionism firmly diasporic and liberalism motivated by fear rather than hopea but Dubnov shows that they were more often productive than disabling. Against Michael Ignatieff's authorized reconstruction of Berlin's life, which emphasized its Russian roots and worldly success, Dubnov gives us a more tortured intellectual wrestling with the dilemmas of modern Jewish identity, torn between cosmopolitan assimilation and communal solidarity. - Martin Jay, Sidney Hellman Ehrman Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley

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ARIE DUBNOV Lecturer in the History Department at Stanford, USA.

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