AuthorRussell, Bertrand, 1872-1970
TitleIn praise of idleness and other essays / Bertrand Russell ; with a new preface by Anthony Gottlieb ; with an introduction by Howard Woodhouse
Imprint London : Routledge, 2004
Descript xxvi, 171 p. ; 20 cm.

CONTENT

In praise of idleness -- "Useless" knowledge -- Architecture and social questions -- The modern Midas -- The ancestry of fascism -- Scylla and Charybdis, or, communism and fascism -- The case for socialism -- Western civilisation -- On youthful cynicism -- Modern homogeneity -- Men versus insects -- Education and discipline -- Stoicism and mental health -- On comets -- What is the soul?


SUBJECT

  1. Social problems

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