Bertrand Russell

In Praise of Idleness

And Other Essays

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this collection of essays, Russell surveys the social and political consequences of his beliefs with characteristic clarity and humour. In Praise of Idleness is a tour de force that only Bertrand Russell could perform.

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Produktdetails

• Routledge Classics
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 222g
• ISBN-13: 9780415325066
• ISBN-10: 0415325064
• Artikelnr.: 21996781

Autorenporträt

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970). The leading British philosopher of the twentieth century, who made major contributions in the areas of logic and epistemology. Politically active and habitually outspoken, his ethical principles twice led to imprisonment.

Inhaltsangabe

1. In Praise of Idleness 2. 'Useless' Knowledge 3. Architecture and Social
Questions 4. The Modern Midas 5. The Ancestry of Fascism 6. Scylla and
Charybdis, or Communism and Fascism 7. The Case for Socialism 8. Western
Civilisation 9. On Youthful Cynicism 10. Modern Homogeneity 11. Men versus
Insects 12. Education and Discipline 13. Stoicism and Mental Health 14. On
Comets 15. What is the Soul?