UID:
almafu_9960119787502883
Format:
1 online resource (xi, 280 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
0-511-52140-5
Series Statement:
Ideas in context ; 37
Content:
This pioneering study of Bertrand Russell's social and political thought deals with the years 1896 to 1938, and is the first book to embark on a thorough investigation of the intellectual and cultural context out of which Russell's ideas emerged. Maintaining a sympathetic but critical stance towards Russell's almost innumerable political postures, and focusing in particular on his concern with the intellectual elite, the author renders that thought both plausible and coherent by placing its development against a significant historical background. As well as giving attention to the aspects of Russell's private life which helped determine the direction of his thought, Dr Ironside undertakes an enlightening exploration of the individuals, groups and beliefs by which he was successively influenced. The result is a wide-ranging and highly original view of an important and enduring figure.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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1. A young man of character -- 2. Fellow-travelling with the Fabians -- 3. Out of the moral gymnasium -- 4. Political science -- 5. The sage of Caxton Hall -- 6. Anarchist tendencies -- 7. Russia, China, and the West -- 8. The Wellsian trajectory -- 9. Ideologies and dystopias -- Epilogue: Russell and the idea of the clerisy.
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-02476-5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-47383-7
Language:
English
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511521409
