Description
Power
A New Social Analysis
Routledge Classics Series
Author: Russell Bertrand
Language: EnglishSubject for Power:
Keywords
naked; hereditary; monarchy; foreign; conquest; wars; roses; revolutionary; society; friends; Young Men; Napoleon III; Scotland Yards; Vice Versa; Henry III; Richard Coeur De Lion; Mr A; Strongest Operation; King Charles's Golden Days; Kaia; Universal Compulsory Military Service; Naked Power; Political Parties; Confers; Deceased Wife’s Sister; Boa Constrictor; Gregory VII; Married Women; Court Favour; Naked Force; War Time; Ardent Innovator; Fanatical Creed; Kuo Min Tang; Corn Law Question
Publication date: 09-2015
· 12.9x19.8 cm · Hardback
Publication date: 02-2004
· 12.9x19.8 cm · Paperback
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The key to human nature that Marx found in wealth and Freud in sex, Bertrand Russell finds in power. Power, he argues, is man's ultimate goal, and is, in its many guises, the single most important element in the development of any society. Writting in the late 1930s when Europe was being torn apart by extremist ideologies and the world was on the brink of war, Russell set out to found a 'new science' to make sense of the traumatic events of the day and explain those that would follow.
The result was Power, a remarkable book that Russell regarded as one of the most important of his long career. Countering the totalitarian desire to dominate, Russell shows how political enlightenment and human understanding can lead to peace - his book is a passionate call for independence of mind and a celebration of the instinctive joy of human life.