The Moral Imagination Gertrude Himmelfarb

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Explores the minds and lives of some of the most brilliant and provocative thinkers of modern times, from Edmund Burke to Lionel Trilling.

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The Moral Imagination: From Edmund Burke to Lionel Trilling by Gertrude Himmelfarb

"One of America's most distinguished intellectual historians here explores the minds and lives of some of the most brilliant and provocative thinkers of modern times, from Edmund Burke to Lionel Trilling. Reminds us why Gertrude Himmelfarb is our foremost historian of morality." - Andrew Roberts.

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[Himmelfarb's] beautifully written essays...indicate the superb quality of her own mode of thought.--Arnold Beichman "The Washington Times "

About Gertrude Himmelfarb

Gertrude Himmelfarb's other books include The Roads to Modernity; One Nation, Two Cultures; The De-Moralization of Society; On Looking into the Abyss; Poverty and Compassion; Marriage and Morals Among the Victorians; Victorian Minds; Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution; and Lord Acton. In a distinguished career as an historian, she has received a great many honorary degrees and fellowships and, most recently, the 2004 presidential National Humanities Medal. She lives in Washington, D.C.

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CIN1566636248G

ISBN 13

9781566636247

ISBN 10

1566636248

Title

The Moral Imagination: From Edmund Burke to Lionel Trilling by Gertrude Himmelfarb

Author

Gertrude Himmelfarb

Condition

Used - Good

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Ivan R Dee, Inc

Year published

2005-12-08

Number of pages

288

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