Mark Lilla is Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University. He is the author of G.B. Vico: The Making of an Anti-Modern (1993) and the editor of New French Thought: Political Philosophy (1991). His latest book is The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics, and the Modern West.
Books
The Reckless Mind
How can intellectuals, who should be alert to the evils of tyranny, betray the ideals of freedom and independent inquiry? How can they take positions that, implicitly or not, endorse oppression and human suffering on a vast scale?
The Legacy of Isaiah Berlin
The papers given at the New York Institute for the Humanities conference collected in this volume concentrate on three aspects of Berlin’s concept of pluralism.
The Legacy of Isaiah Berlin
The two days of discussion preserved here demonstrate the continuing vitality and relevance of Isaiah Berlin’s thought in today’s social and political debates.