Alan Wood

Bertrand Russell: The Passionate Sceptic

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

'Fascinating', 'brilliant', 'oddly moving', 'a warm human picture' - this biography was enthusiastically received when it came out in 1957 - it is not only the lively story of a distinguished man but a lucid account of his work and its significance.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781138008199
• ISBN-10: 1138008192
• Artikelnr.: 39713093

Autorenporträt

Alan Wood

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1. The Boy in the Garden 2. 'He was Always Talking' 3. Berlin and
Marxism 4. The Work of Genius 5. Mathematics and Philosophy 6. The Theory
of Descriptions 7. Reviews and Politics 8. 'A Quiet Life' 9. Cambridge and
Harvard 10. First World War 11. The Prisoner of Brixton 12. The Analysis of
Mind 13. A Visit to Bolshevism 14. 'China is Delightful' 15. Chelsea
Candidate and American Lecturer 16. Russell and Relativity 17. Beacon Hill
School 18. Marriage and Morals 19. The Indefatigable Author 20. Pacifism
and the Second World War 21. An Outcast in America 22. The Rebel becomes
Revered 23. Australia Felix 24. The Unfinished Philosophy 25. 'While Still
at Work' 26. The Young Octogenarian