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Unpopular Essays

Unpopular Essays

Bertrand Russell

A classic collection of Bertrand Russell’s more controversial works, reaffirming his staunch liberal values, Unpopular Essays is one of Russell’s most characteristic and self-revealing books.
In Praise of Idleness

In Praise of Idleness

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Arthur William Russell,18 May 1872–2 February 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic and political activist.
The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell

The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

Featuring seminal work in the philosophies of mathematics and language, this comprehensive and assiduously edited collection also makes available his provocative and controversial views on religion and international relations.
On Education

On Education

Bertrand Russell

Russell outlines the transformative power of a progressive and thoughtful education - which for Russell takes the form of education in knowledge - with characteristic clarity and humour.
Power: A New Social Analysis

Power: A New Social Analysis

Bertrand Russell

The result was Power, a remarkable book which Russell regarded as one of the most important of his long career.
Bertrand Russell: The Ghost of Madness, 1921-1970

Bertrand Russell: The Ghost of Madness, 1921-1970

Ray Monk

A portrait of the twentieth-century philosopher focuses on Russell's academic accomplishments, and his failed attempts to apply reason to his personal relationships and the problems of everyday life.
Religion and Science

Religion and Science

Bertrand Russell

In this timely work, Russell, philosopher, agnostic, mathematician, and renowned peace advocate, offers a brief yet insightful study of the conflicts between science and traditional religion during the last four centuries.
The Glyph and the Gramophone: D.H. Lawrence's Religion

The Glyph and the Gramophone: D.H. Lawrence's Religion

Luke Ferretter

Eds. Virginia Crosswhite Hyde and EarlG. Ingersoll. Madison and Teaneck, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2010,pp. 37–55. Russell, Bertrand.The Autobiography ofBertrand Russell. 3 vols.Boston, MA:Little, Brown andCo.,1967– 69.
Language Development: Syntax and semantics

Language Development: Syntax and semantics

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Meredith Martin Richards University of Louisville Bertrand Russell argued that a word is a series of occurrences, and what it denotes is an idea abstracted from the series of occurrences. In his lectures on mind (1921), Russell defined a word  ...
An Essay on the Foundations of Geometry

An Essay on the Foundations of Geometry

Bertrand Russell

This, his first book on mathematics, was originally published in 1897 and later rejected by the author himself because it was unable to support Einstein's work in physics.
Sceptical Essays

Sceptical Essays

Bertrand Russell

1 Introduction: On the Value of Scepticism 2 Dreams and Facts 3 Is Science Superstitious? 4 Can Men Be Rational? 5 Philosophy in the Twentieth Century 6 Machines and the Emotions 7 Behavourism and Values 8 Eastern and Western Ideals of ...
Autobiography

Autobiography

Bertrand Russell

This one-volume, compact paperback edition contains an introduction by the politician and scholar, Michael Foot, which explores the status of this classic nearly 30 years after the publication of the final volume.
Bertrand Russell: The Spirit of Solitude, 1872-1921

Bertrand Russell: The Spirit of Solitude, 1872-1921

Ray Monk

Details the life of the acclaimed philosopher and author of Principia Mathematica, in particular his inner conflict between rigorous principle and romantic desire and his relationships with his contemporaries. 15,000 first printing.
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

Ludwig Wittgenstein

In his proposal of the solution to most philosophic problems by means of a critical method of linguistic analysis, Wittgenstein sets the stage for the development of logical positivism. Introduction by Bertrand Russell.
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The Problem of China

The Problem of China

Bertrand Russell

If in part it may reveal a record of dead hopes and dead fears, those parts which are not topical are still true; and, having regard to China's rapid growth in industrial and international power, those permanent elements of the book cannot ...
Bertrand Blier

Bertrand Blier

Sue Harris

This complete study of Bertrand Blier's work to date, traces his career from the early 1960s until the present, outlining the forms, themes and style which dominate in his work.
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The Short Sharp Life of T. E. Hulme

The Short Sharp Life of T. E. Hulme

Robert Ferguson

Unusually among poets of his generation, he was convinced of the rightness of Britain's role in the war (and criticised Bertrand Russell for his pacifism.) Robert Ferguson offers the first modern biography of Hulme, drawing upon access to ...
Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series

Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series

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Preventive Diplomacy at the UN

Preventive Diplomacy at the UN

Bertrand G. Ramcharan

In this careful study, distinguished former UN civil servant Bertrand G. Ramcharan traces the history of the practice of preventive diplomacy by UN Secretaries-General, the Security Council, and other UN organizations, and assesses the ...
Spurious Coin: A History of Science, Management, and ...

Spurious Coin: A History of Science, Management, and ...

Bernadette Longo

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Russell, Bertrand. "Where Is Industrialism Going?" Engineering Education: Essaysfor English. 2nd ed. Ed. Ray Palmer Baker. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1928. 217–33. Salsbury, Stephen.
The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 12: Music

The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 12: Music

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Heeding the sentiment to “get real, real gone for a change,” artists and audiences across the region had created and adopted a music without boundaries. michael t. bertrand Tennessee State University Michael T. Bertrand, Race, Rock, and ...
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Je ne sais rien... mais je dirai (presque) tout: ...

Je ne sais rien... mais je dirai (presque) tout: ...

Yves BERTRAND

Une fois de plus, un sycophante était passé par là : une lettre anonyme dénonçait les « instigateurs du coup » : Bertrand et son « âme damnée », Brigitte Henri ! Blindé depuis longtemps, je me suis prêté de bonne grâce à l'exercice en  ...
The Debate on Black Civil Rights in America

The Debate on Black Civil Rights in America

Kevern Verney

Notes 1 Michael T. Bertrand, Race, Rock, and Elvis (Urbana, Illinois, 2000), p. 8. 2 Bertrand, Race, Rock, and Elvis, p. 8. 3 James Baldwin, 'The Fire Next Time', The New Yorker, 17 November 1962; Vincent Harding, Hope and History: Why We ...
Hell Week: Seven Days to Be Your Best Self

Hell Week: Seven Days to Be Your Best Self

Erik Bertrand Larssen

From world-renowned mental trainer Erik Bertrand Larssen, whose clients include Olympic athletes and Fortune 500 CEOs, Hell Week is a military-inspired yet accessible guide to making the critical changes necessary for long-term professional ...

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