| Title:
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IN PRAISE OF IDLENESS
AND OTHER ESSAYS |
| By: |
Bertrand Russell, Anthony Gottlieb (Foreword) |
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Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0415325064 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780415325066 |
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| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
2 February, 2004 |
| Edition: |
2nd Revised edition |
| Series: |
Routledge Classics |
| Pages: |
200 |
| Description: |
In this collection of essays, Russell surveys the social and political consequences of his beliefs with characteristic clarity and humour. In Praise of Idleness is a tour de force that only Bertrand Russell could perform. |
| Synopsis: |
Intolerance and bigotry lie at the heart of all human suffering. So claims Bertrand Russell at the outset of In Praise of Idleness, a collection of essays in which he espouses the virtues of cool reflection and free enquiry; a voice of calm in a world of maddening unreason. From a devastating critique of the ancestry of fascism to a vehement defence of 'useless' knowledge, with consideration given to everything from insect pests to the human soul, this is a tour de force that only Bertrand Russell could perform. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Routledge |
| Returns: |
Returnable |