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Human Society in Ethics and Politics
Series: Routledge Classics
First published in 1954, Human Society in Ethics and Politics is Bertrand Russell’s last full account of his ethical and political positions relating to both politics and religion. Ethics, he argues, are necessary to man because of the conflict between intelligence and impulse – if one were without...
Published August 31st 2009 by Routledge
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Fact and Fiction
Series: Routledge Classics
First published in 1961, Fact and Fiction is a collection of Bertrand Russell’s essays that reflect on the books and writings that influenced his life, including fiction, essays on politics and education, divertissements and parables. Also broaching on the highly controversial issues of war and...
Published August 31st 2009 by Routledge
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Authority and the Individual
Series: Routledge Classics
From Ancient Greek philosophy to the French Revolution to the modern welfare state, in Authority and the Individual Bertrand Russell tackles the perennial questions about the balance between authority and human freedom. With characteristic clarity and deep understanding, he explores the formation...
Published August 31st 2009 by Routledge
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Common Sense and Nuclear Warfare
Series: Routledge Classics
Written at the height of the Cold War in 1959, Common Sense and Nuclear Warfare was published in an effort 'to prevent the catastrophe which would result from a large scale H-bomb war'. Bertrand Russell’s staunch anti-war stance is made very clear in this highly controversial text, which outlines...
Published August 31st 2009 by Routledge
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On Education
Series: Routledge Classics
Bertrand Russell is considered to be one of the most significant educational innovators of his time. In this influential and controversial work, Russell calls for an education that would liberate the child from unthinking obedience to parental and religious authority. He argues that if the basis of...
Published August 31st 2009 by Routledge
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Autobiography
Series: Routledge Classics
Bertrand Russell remains one of the greatest philosophers and most complex and controversial figures of the twentieth century. Here, in this frank, humorous and decidedly charming autobiography, Russell offers readers the story of his life – introducing the people, events and influences that shaped...
Published August 31st 2009 by Routledge
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The Philosophy of Logical Atomism
Series: Routledge Classics
Logical Atomism is a philosophy that sought to account for the world in all its various aspects by relating it to the structure of the language in which we articulate information. In The Philosophy of Logical Atomism, Bertrand Russell, with input from his young student Ludwig Wittgenstein,...
Published August 31st 2009 by Routledge
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The Prospects of Industrial Civilization
Series: Routledge Classics
First published in 1923, The Prospects of Industrial Civilization is considered the most ambitious of Bertrand Russell's works on modern society. It offers a rare glimpse into often-ignored subtleties of his political thought and in it he argues that industrialism is a threat to human freedom,...
Published August 31st 2009 by Routledge
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Education and the Social Order
Series: Routledge Classics
Bertrand Russell was renowned for his provocative views on education. Considered an educational innovator, Russell attempted to create the perfect learning institution. Despite the failure of this practical vision, it did not stop him from continuing to strive towards inventing and arguing for a...
Published August 31st 2009 by Routledge
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Freedom and Organization
Series: Routledge Classics
Written by one of the twentieth century’s most significant thinkers, Freedom and Organization, is considered to be Bertrand Russell’s major work on political history. It traces the main causes of political change during a period of one hundred years, which he argues were predominantly influenced by...
Published August 31st 2009 by Routledge
