A study of Russell's social and political thought in its intellectual and cultural context.

This study of Bertrand Russell's social and political thought deals with the years 1896 to 1938, and embarks on an investigation of the intellectual and cultural context out of which Russell's ideas emerged. Maintaining a sympathetic but critical stance towards Russell's almost innumerable political postures, and focusing in particular on his concern with the intellectual elite, the author renders that thought both plausible and coherent by placing its development against a significant historical background. As well as giving attention to the aspects of Russell's private life which helped...