Unpopular Essays

Bertrand Russell

Simon and Schuster, 1950 - Philosophy - 175 pages

In this volume of essays Russell was concerned to combat the growth of dogmatism, whether of the Left or Right, which has hitherto characterised our tragic century.

Contents

• Philosophy and Politics I: 1
• Philosophy for Laymen: 21
• The Future of Mankind: 34

About the author

Bertrand Arthur William Russell (1872-1970) was a British philosopher, logician, essayist and social critic. He was best known for his work in mathematical logic and analytic philosophy. Together with G.E. Moore, Russell is generally recognized as one of the main founders of modern analytic philosophy. Together with Kurt Gödel, he is regularly credited with being one of the most important logicians of the twentieth century. Over the course of a long career, Russell also made contributions to a broad range of subjects, including the history of ideas, ethics, political and educational theory, and religious studies. General readers have benefited from his many popular writings on a wide variety of topics. After a life marked by controversy--including dismissals from both Trinity College, Cambridge, and City College, New York--Russell was awarded the Order of Merit in 1949 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950. Noted also for his many spirited anti-nuclear protests and for his campaign against western involvement in the Vietnam War, Russell remained a prominent public figure until his death at the age of 97.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Unpopular Essays; A Clarion book; A Touchstone book; Readers' edition; Simon and Schuster readers' editions
• Author: Bertrand Russell
• Edition: 2
• Publisher: Simon and Schuster, 1950
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Aug 29, 2006
• ISBN: 0671202537, 9780671202538
• Length: 175 pages
• Subjects: Philosophy / General; Philosophy / History & Surveys / Modern