Bücher von Bertrand Russell

During World War I, Russell was political commentator for "The Tribune", a publication of the No-Conscription Fellowship. This volume contains many short papers from the period reflecting his response to the growing crisis.

Als einer der Väter der Analytischen Philosophie, hat Bertrand Russell eine Fülle von Essays verfasst, die sehr entschieden seine Meinung präsentieren und trotz seiner akademischen Formulierungen allgemeinverständlich bleiben. In dem von Norbert Hülm gelesenen Werk "Unpopuläre Betrachtungen" findet sich eine Sammlung seiner Aufsätze, die populär wurden. Die enthaltenen Essays stellen Russell deutlich als den klaren Denker und großen Stilist dar, der er war. Russells Analysen zu folgen ist nicht nur sehr unterhaltsam, es regt auch zum Nachdenken an.Autor Betrand Russell wurde am 18. Mai 1972 bei Trellech, Monmouthshire, in Wales geboren. Als Kind wurde er von einem Hauslehrer unterrichtet und studierte später am Trinity College in Cambridge, wo er auch später unterrichtete, genauso wie auch an anderen Universitäten. Er war Philosoph, Mathematiker und Logiker und ist bekannt als Vater der Analytischen Philosophie. Obwohl er selbst kein strikter Pazifist war, war er trotzdem eine Leitfigur des Pazifismus. Am 2. Februar 1970 verstarb er.

A series of thirteen television dialogues between Lord Russell and BBC commentator, Woodrow Wyatt, in the Spring of 1959, now brought to earth in book form. Lord Russell, in reply to prepared questions, gives very unrehearsed, spontaneous and often amusing comments to bear on serious areas of human problems. "What is Philosophy?" evokes a typically dry and witty interview in which he boils the ancient discipline down to a study of those things science cannot study. Religion of course is considered "harmful", individuality is a precious but griveously threatened human virtue. A minor yet readable summing up of many of the views which have made Lord Russell famous or infamous, depending on how you look at it. (Kirkus Reviews)

Originally published in 1917, this early work by Bertrand Russell still offers much thought-provoking material on the subject of political philosophy. Russell criticizes both capitalism and socialism based on his strong conviction that everything of value comes ultimately from the individual. The only true aim of politics, he says, is to give free play, as far as possible, to every person's natural creativity. This means that political systems should be designed to curb the deadening forces of acquisition, power, and convention, all of which tend to stifle individual creative impulses. Russell names four main goals that an ideal political system should accomplish: the greatest possible production of goods and technical progress; securing distributive justice; ensuring security against destitution; and, most importantly, the liberation of creative impulses and the limiting of possessive impulses. While capitalism efficiently accomplishes the first goal--producing goods and fostering technological innovation--it does little to guarantee the remaining goals. On the other hand, socialism offers little incentive to creativity and is notoriously inefficient in the production of goods and in technological progress, even though it goes a long way toward ensuring equitable distribution of wealth and eliminating the specter of destitution. But individual liberty is subordinated to the demands of the state. Russell suggests that in an ideal system there would be autonomy within each politically important group and the principle of employee-ownership and self-governance within businesses would be the norm. Government would serve only as a neutral authority to decide questions between the variousself-governing groups. Vintage Russell, this collection of concise essays should be on the bookshelf of everyone interested in political science or the relation of the individual to society.

`E: Erroneous: Capable of being proved true'; `J: Jolly: The downfall of our enemies'; `M: Mystery: What I understand and you don't' . . . Enter the delightful, satirical world of the Good Citizen, according to one of the best-known writers and philosophers of modern times.

Originally published in 1947, this book presents the fourth annual lecture of the National Book League, which was delivered by Bertrand Russell in October 1946. In his lecture Russell provides a discussion of the relationship between philosophies and the development of political systems, in addition to the political qualities of philosophical thinking.

Presents a further selection of essays, ranging from the politically correct, to the perfectly obscure: from The Prospects of Democracy to Men Versus Insects.

This book provides the original text of A Critical Exposition of the Philosophy of Leibniz, which was first published in 1900. The text includes an appendix containing extracts from Leibniz, classified according to subject. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Leibniz and the early philosophy of Russell.

The years covered by this volume of the "Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell" were among the most productive of Russell's entire career.

"The Bertrand Russell Archive has as before, yielded some interesting unpublished material ... this volume lavishly footnoted, elegantly produced and a pleasure to read, is a real treat for anyone interested in Russell or in that strange remote country, Edwardian England." -- London Times Higher Education Supplement

Charts the struggle between freedom and control, two determining forces in 19th-century history, from the defeat of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna to the lead-up to the First World War. Russell also considers the founding of democracy in America and the emerging Imperialism in Europe.

Written with Dora Black in 1920 this work examines the threat of industrialisation to human freedom and demonstrates how humanity perpetually struggles against the centralising forces of industrialisation and nationalism.