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Worldly Philosopher : The Odyssey of Albert O. Hirschman

Worldly Philosopher : The Odyssey of Albert O. Hirschman Hardcover - 2013

by Jeremy Adelman

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Princeton University Press, 2013. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title Worldly Philosopher : The Odyssey of Albert O. Hirschman
  • Author Jeremy Adelman
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 760
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Princeton University Press, Princeton
  • Date 2013
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0691155674I3N00
  • ISBN 9780691155678 / 0691155674
  • Weight 2.72 lbs (1.23 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.56 x 6.39 x 2.02 in (24.28 x 16.23 x 5.13 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Philosophical
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects Economic development, Economics
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012046072
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

From the rear cover

"This is an exceptional book. Hirschman's intellectual and political journey is described with sharpness and perspicacity. Family life, cultural encounters, and the imprints of a lifetime highlight the importance and significance of one of the most creative intellectuals of the twentieth century, who had a profound influence on so many people around the world, including myself."--Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former president of Brazil

"From the dying days of the Weimar Republic to the fall of the Berlin Wall, Albert Hirschman was a witness to the political turbulence of the twentieth century, shaping its intellectual trajectory while resisting overarching theories and academic convention at every turn. Meticulously researched, gracefully written, and deeply moving, this biography shines a light on not only one of the most fertile minds of the century, but the entire political and intellectual history of the period."--Dani Rodrik, Harvard University

"Worldly Philosopher is a brilliant book. It is at once a thrilling story, an inspiring and melancholy intellectual biography, and a history of the shifting involvements of social science in twentieth-century public life."--Emma Rothschild, author of The Inner Life of Empires: An Eighteenth-Century History

"Albert Hirschman is one of the most distinguished social scientists of the past half century. He has led an exciting and exemplary life, and Jeremy Adelman has researched and written an exhaustive biography. We are all in Adelman's debt for having followed Hirschman's journey, thoroughly and with sympathy."--Charles S. Maier, author of Among Empires: American Ascendancy and Its Predecessors

Media reviews

Citations

  • Choice, 10/01/2013, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 04/15/2013, Page 92
  • New York Review of Books, 05/23/2013, Page 14
  • New York Times Book Review, 07/21/2013, Page 15

About the author

Jeremy Adelman is the Walter Samuel Carpenter III Professor of Spanish Civilization and Culture and director of the Council for International Teaching and Research at Princeton University. His books include Worlds Together, Worlds Apart: A History of the World and Sovereignty and Revolution in the Iberian Atlantic (Princeton).