Isaiah Berlin cover image

The Impact of Marx on the Nineteenth Century

Isaiah Berlin

00:00

The Scale of Values

When in 19 hundred three, on the famous occasion of the splitter i nd bolsheviks and mensheviks, tehanof and alftame linen said that elementary human rights might have to be suspended. When people were shocked by that bhat, what was the scale of values in terms of which they were shocked? The scale of values was some kind of non marxed scale because if you were a consistent marxis, you said to yourself, here are two classes locked in mortal combat. What we must do with the leaders of the progressive class is to do whatever is going to accelerate the coming of the revolution. Anything which militates towards that end is good

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app