The Place of Freedom in the Political Philosophy of Isaiah Berlin

Subject Areas : Political and International Researches Quarterly

Soheila Naderi Zarneh ¹ , Mohammad Tohid Fam ² , Ahmad Bakhshaishi Ardestani ³ , Ali Akbar Amini ⁴

1 - PhD Student in Political Science -Iran Issues). Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Associate Professor,Department of Political Science, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran: Corresponding Author:(Author)
3 - Associate Professor,Department of Political Science, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
4 - Assistant Professor,Department of Political Science,Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2022-06-21 Accepted : 2022-06-21 Published : 2022-08-23

Keywords: Liberalism, Pluralism, Isaiah Berlin, Positive Freedom, Negative Freedom,

Abstract :

The main purpose of this article is to explain the place of freedom in the political philosophy of Isaiah Berlin. The main question of the article is what is the place of freedom in the political philosophy of Isaiah Berlin? In response to this hypothesis, it has been suggested that in Isaiah Berlin's political philosophy, freedom is the most important component in countering tyranny. The results of the present article show that due to the existence of tyranny in different societies, especially in the third world, different masses must use different tools to achieve freedom in order to eliminate tyranny. In fact, from Berlin's point of view, freedom is the main obstacle to tyranny. The type of research method in this article is fundamental in terms of purpose and analytical in nature and based on library studies.