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ISBN: 0195086341

ISBN13: 9780195086348

Bertrand Russell: A Political Life

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Book Overview

Bertrand Russell was one of the greatest logicians since Aristotle, and one of the most important philosophers of the past two hundred years. In this thorough examination, Alan Ryan tells the story of Russell's "other life" as social critic, polemical journalist, antiwar activist, sage and gadfly, dissenting from Russell's insistence that there was no connection between his philosophical interests and his political allegiances. Taking readers on an entertaining journey through a career that included two spells in jail, Ryan discusses Russell's most visible campaigns--against traditional religion, against the First World War, against nuclear weapons, and against the Vietnam War, as well as his lifelong defence of liberalism in education, politics, and relations between the sexes. Throughout he emphasizes the high spirits, the aristocratic fearlessness, and the wonderful combination of wit and intelligence that Russell brought to his political writing and actions. The result is a stimulating reconsideration of one of the great intellectual radicals of our time, a remarkable man who refused to grow old, calm down, and become respectable.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0195086341

ISBN13:9780195086348

Release Date:September 1993

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:240 Pages

Weight:0.45 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Related Subjects

Ancient & Classical Literature Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Criticism & Theory Greek History & Criticism Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Philosophers

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Russell's foibles!

By Thriftbooks.com User, September 4, 2000

I recall with pride the sure comfort, during the years of struggle against the American war in Vietnam, afforded by Bertrand Russell's pungent opposition to the same war for the same reasons, all of his astonishing intellectual gifts poised like a sword against the daily lies and betrayal of ideals perpetrated by Washington. While Russell's mathematical exegeses are beyond me, the thrust of his intellectual activity...

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A Glimpse at a First-rate Mind Living in a Second-Rate World

By Thriftbooks.com User, January 13, 2000

In Alan Ryan's book there is good, overdue criticism concerning Russell's view of world-government And on the subject of government in general, an interesting observation is that "Russell takes no interest in the creation of legal obstacles to government misbehaviour; he does not suggest a Bill of Rights, for instance. On the whole, Russell assumes throughout that what checks government is the power of social groups rather...

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