Bertrand Russell Forfatter
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Human Society in Ethics and Politics (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Ethics are necessary because of the conflict between intelligence and impulse – if one were without the other, there would be no place for ethics. This is Russell’s account of his political position and an absorbing exploration of the ways individuals become socially purposeful.
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Marriage and Morals (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Controversial and remarkably forward thinking, this book explores the changing role of marriage and codes of sexual ethics, and daringly sets out a new morality shaped by the dramatic societal changes which took place in the early parts of twentieth century.
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Unpopular Essays (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
These essays aim to combat, in one way or another, the dogmatism which dominated the first decades of the twentieth century and provide invaluable insight into the political and philosophical milieu in which Russell was writing.
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Freedom and Organization (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Written in the approachable style that has made Russell’s works so revered, this is a major work of political history in which significant economic and political forces and events that shaped the nineteenth century are examined.
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Our Knowledge of the External World (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The very relevance and legitimacy of philosophy is examined in this explosive and controversial work which investigates the relationship between ‘individual’ and ‘scientific’ knowledge, and questions the means by which we come to understand the physical world.
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Education and the Social Order (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Renowned for his provocative views on education and considered an educational innovator, Russell dissects the motives behind educational theory and practice, and presents original and engaging arguments for the reformation of the education of the individual.
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Authority and the Individual (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
In the first of the BBC's famous Reith Lectures, Russell tackles what is still one of the most hotly debated issues of the twentieth century: the conflict between law, order and authority and the rights of each individual man and woman.
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Our Knowledge of the External World: As a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)Levering: Skaffevare (forvent 14 - 30 hverdage)
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Education and the Social Order (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Described by reviewers as 'brilliant', 'proactive', 'sane', 'stimulating', 'practical', and 'original', this book contains the essence of Russell's thought on education and society.
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Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Value (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Russell's classic examination of the relation between individual experience and the general body of scientific knowledge. It is a rigorous examination of the problems of an empiricist epistemology.
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Common Sense and Nuclear Warfare (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Written at the height of the Cold War, Russell argues that the only way to end the threat of nuclear war is to end war itself, making this highly controversial text as relevant today as it was on first publication.
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