{"product_id":"the-tyranny-of-certainty-isaiah-berlin-vico-herder-and-hamann-in-the-counter-enlightenment-paperback","title":"The Tyranny of Certainty: Isaiah Berlin, Vico, Herder, and Hamann in the Counter-Enlightenment - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKamaruzzaman Bustamam Ahmad\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery age is tempted by the most dangerous promise in human history: \u003cbr\u003ethe belief that certainty can save us.\u003cbr\u003eThat there is one final truth, one perfect system, one ultimate vision capable of ending conflict and delivering harmony.\u003cbr\u003eYet each attempt to build paradise has led instead to catastrophe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book reveals the dramatic and often overlooked intellectual rebellion that arose against the dream of absolute reason. Through a powerful reading of Isaiah Berlin and the three thinkers who laid the earliest foundations of resistance - Giambattista Vico, Johann Gottfried Herder, and Johann Georg Hamann - it exposes how the quest for rational perfection has repeatedly produced coercion, violence, and the erosion of human dignity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if conflict can never be eliminated?\u003cbr\u003eWhat if unity is a dangerous illusion?\u003cbr\u003eWhat if tragedy is not a flaw of human life - but its structure?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a book of easy answers.\u003cbr\u003eIt is an intellectual shock, a confrontation with the unsettling possibility that the pursuit of certainty is the engine of modern disaster. In an era of rising authoritarianism, polarized identities, technological utopianism, and moral absolutism, the Counter-Enlightenment speaks with renewed urgency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with philosophical depth and narrative intensity, this book: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChallenges the modern obsession with clarity, purity, and ideological salvation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReveals the philosophical roots of today's global crises\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIlluminates the power of pluralism against the seduction of utopia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForces us to reconsider what it means to be human in a world terrified of uncertainty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE TYRANNY OF CERTAINTY is a call to courage: \u003cbr\u003eto face complexity without surrender, to live without final guarantees, and to resist the voices that promise perfection at the price of humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are tired of slogans and fanaticism, \u003cbr\u003eif you refuse to accept simple answers to difficult questions, \u003cbr\u003eif you seek a book that will change the way you think about ideas, history, and the fate of the human world, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page - and prepare to see certainty differently.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 206\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 07, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53248542834995,"sku":"9798233369575","price":35.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/MvWBwnqsy89798233369575.webp?v=1776311829","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-tyranny-of-certainty-isaiah-berlin-vico-herder-and-hamann-in-the-counter-enlightenment-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}