The Selected Letters of Bertrand Russell, Volume 2: The Public Years 1914-1970

ISBN-13: 9780415260121 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 696 str.

Nicholas Griffin

Opis

Bertrand Russell was a towering intellectual figure of the 20th century. In his 90, he also dictated more than 12 letters a day. This second volume of his letters written between 1914 and 1970 provides insight into Russell and covers most of his adult life. Russell was a philosophical genius but also an impassioned campaigner for peace and social reform and these letters reveal the astonishing range of his correspondence. There are intense personal letters to his lovers Ottoline Morrell and Colette O'Niel and in letters to Niels Bohr, Jean-Paul Sartre, Einstein and Lyndon Johnson, we are given a unique insight into Russell's views on education, war, and the Russian Revolution. Valuable for anyone interested in Russell, these letters also present a picture of 20th century history. The Selected Letters of Bertrand Russell: The Public Years 1914-1970 is also available in paperback from Routledge.

Spis treści

Preface Introduction 1. War (1914-1918) 2. Children, Companionship, and Joint Work (1918-1927) 3. Starting a School and Ending a Marriage (1927-1935) 4. Marriage, Poverty, and Exile (1936-1944) 5. Respectability at Last (1944-1954) 6. Peace (1955-1970)

O autorze

Nicholas Griffin