Worldly Philosopher - Jeremy Adelman

Worldly Philosopher
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Autor: Jeremy Adelman

 Wydawnictwo: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691155678
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Stron: 760
Data wydania: 2013-04-01
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Worldly Philosopher chronicles the times and writings of Albert O. Hirschman, one of the twentieth century's most original and provocative thinkers. In this gripping biography, Jeremy Adelman tells the story of a man shaped by modern horrors and hopes, a worldly intellectual who fought for and wrote in defense of the values of tolerance and change. This is the first major account of Hirschman's remarkable life, and a tale of the twentieth century as seen through the story of an astute and passionate observer. Adelman's riveting narrative traces how Hirschman's personal experiences shaped his unique intellectual perspective, and how his enduring legacy is one of hope, open-mindedness, and practical idealism. One of Bloomberg/Businessweek Best Books of 2013, selected by Ollie Rehn One of Financial Times (Alphachat)'s Econ Books of the Year for 2013 One of The Guardian Best Books of 2013, chosen by Malcolm Gladwell Honorable Mention for the 2013 PROSE Award in Biography Autobiography, Association of American Publishers "[A] biography worthy of the man. Adelman brilliantly and beautifully brings Hirschman to life, giving us an unforgettable portrait of one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary intellectuals... [M]agnificent."--Malcolm Gladwell, New Yorker "[A] hugely engaging ... epic."--Justin Fox, New York Times Book Review "[An] astonishing and moving biography... Hirschman's work is more than interesting enough to justify a book (or two, or ten), but Adelman's achievement is to demonstrate, in novelistic detail, that he also lived an astounding life, full of narrow paths and ridiculously improbable twists and turns."--Cass Sunstein, New York Review of Books "[A] massive, erudite biography."--Roger Lowenstein, Wall Street Journal "[T]he winner [Enlightened Economist prize this year] is Jeremy Adelman's The Worldly Philosopher, a biography of Albert Hirschman. Hirschman's life story is extraordinary, and his early years make for a gripping tale. What I particularly enjoyed, though, was the portrait of an economist whose economics had a context in the realities of the countries Hirschman studied, their history and politics and culture, and in his wide reading in philosophy and other subjects... A worthy winner--congratulations to Professor Adelman!"--Diane Coyle, Enlightened Economist "This is the book I have looked forward to most all year and so far it does not disappoint."--Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution "Adelman's engrossing biography illustrates how Hirschman's global background, natural linguistic ability, education, and worldly experiences shaped his thoughts and enabled his thinking 'outside the box' to arrive at original and often provocative ideas... Hirschman's story will appeal to many general readers, but especially to economists."--Library Journal "Worldly Philosopher will be the definitive work on Hirschman for some time... If you liked Edmund de Waal's The Hare with Amber Eyes, you will find Adelman's story of Hirschman's early life riveting--a book-club quality read... Worldly Philosopher is a prodigious piece of research, lovingly told and immensely worthwhile for the new light it sheds on the odyssey of a writer whose small ideas add up to major insights."--Robert Kuttner, American Prospect "Adelman's biography does a thorough job in shedding light not just on the academic and intellectual prowess of the great thinker, but also in informing the reader about the man whose life away from the intellectual world exhibited the same milieu of refreshing variety."--Prashanth Perumal, Mint "[T]he only official biography of one of our generation's most extraordinary thinkers."--City Book Review "Jeremy Adelman's outstanding biography ... should receive serious attention from prize committees when the best non-fiction works of 2013 are chosen... As Adelman makes eloquently clear, Hirschman ... was a great deal more than an economist or social scientist."--Stuart Mitchner, Princeton Magazine.

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Jeremy Adelman